5th - 7th Grade Figurative Language Resources : Page 5

Help your students use homonyms to write their own puns as they practice using figurative language with this fun activity!

Engage your students with eggciting wordplay and food puns!

Students will get even better at creating punny sentences as they use homonyms!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Sense of Metaphors.

Give your students exposure to funny puns related to animals!

Students will love reading these wacky sentences to practice recognizing alliteration as they read.

Let’s exaggerate! Hyperboles are a fun way for students to spice up their writing.

Students will use their imaginations to write sentences using alliteration.

This is a hilarious worksheet for students to dive into as they hone their figurative language skills! Young wordsmiths will practice identifying the differences between homonyms and homophones as they analyze puns.

Have fun with figurative language with these Halloween exaggerations that are sure to spook your students! They will enjoy the chance to write their own hyperboles with these over-the-top sentences.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Personification Practice.

With this worksheet, your fifth graders will add feeling to their writing by using hyperbole. Hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration that adds emphasis and humor for extra effect. Once they complete this worksheet, they will be masters of hyperbole.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: An Introduction to Onomatopoeia.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Similes with Linking Words.

An oxymoron is a figure of speech made up of words with very different meanings. In this creative writing activity, students will put their figurative language skills to the test as they craft a story using some catchy contradictory phrases!

Why is the math book so sad? It has too many problems! Help your students bring puns to life by having them create visuals to represent the play on words. Kids will have a blast reading the puns and making their own illustrations to accompany them.

What could be more fun than using hyperbole? Adding superlatives! Your students will have fun identifying both of these figures of speech in this worksheet.

Students will look at hilarious puns and how they use homonyms and homophones.

Use this organizer to help students track examples of hyperbole.

Help your budding wordsmiths develop their figurative language skills with this fun pun activity! This is a great worksheet for students to practice identifying and using homophones as they work to create their very own puns!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Alliteration Accessible.

Use this worksheet to provide students with even more practice using both homophones and homonyms as they identify and write their own puns!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: An Introduction to Onomatopoeia.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Personification Practice.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Alliteration Accessible.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Similes with Linking Words.

It's time to let loose and get silly with this fun figurative language exercise! This worksheet will let your students stretch their creativity as they practice using homonyms to write their own puns.

Students will be rolling with laughter as they read and write their own puns!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Sense of Metaphors.