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5th - 8th Grade Common Core Literary Devices and Figurative Language Educational Resources : Page 4

Put all your Easter eggs in this worksheet! Help your students use the context of a sentence to discover the meaning of these Easter idioms.

Easy Easter Idioms

Learners use their background knowledge and sentence-based context clues to determine the meaning of more common allusions.

Determine the Meaning of Common Allusions #2

Use this discussion guide to support students&rsquo; comprehension and analysis of chapters 1&ndash;4 of S.E. Hinton&rsquo;s novel The Outsiders.

Novel Study: The Outsiders: Discussion Guide #1

How is a grapefruit like a moon? They are both round! Students will identify which items are being compared in a metaphor, then describe one way they are alike.

Metaphors

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this eighth-grade worksheet! 

Figurative Language in Context #3

In this worksheet, students will read Carl Sandburg's poem "Fog," then analyze the poem for figurative language.

Metaphors in Poetry

Children read a passage from L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, then answer a series of questions in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Analyzing a Passage from The Wizard of Oz

Students will read metaphors and identify how the two things being compared are alike.

Reading & Understanding Metaphors

Students make connections between classic and modern literature by identifying shared character archetypes found in each.

Archetypes in Modern Literature

In this exercise, students will use linking verbs to write metaphors with support.

Writing Metaphors with Linking Verbs

This worksheet is a slam dunk for metaphors! Your young writer will learn what makes up a metaphor, and then practice making a few of their own.

All About Metaphors

Practice identifying figurative language terms in this fast-paced learning game! 

Dino Skateboarding: Figurative Language (Game 3)

When your students read this silly poem, they will find examples of hyperbole. Then, they will make a connection to another language concept: superlatives!

More Hyperbole in Poetry

Challenge your students to find the definitions of each homograph that give these puns their double meaning.

Puns with Homographs

Your mind will burst with knowledge after completing this hyperbole activity! Turn normal skills and traits into lager-than-life abilities using exaggeration.

Hyperbole

Students will learn to identify onomatopoeia using a word bank and context clues.

Practice Onomatopoeia!

Use this discussion guide to support students&rsquo; comprehension and analysis of chapters 5&ndash;8 of S.E. Hinton&rsquo;s novel The Outsiders.

Novel Study: The Outsiders: Discussion Guide #2

Ideal for fourth and fifth graders, this worksheet includes figurative language examples and definitions on the first page, and a second full page of questions and tasks that can be used to check for understanding.

Fall Figurative Language Task Cards

Students will learn common animal sound words in different languages!

Animal Sounds Around the World

Support students&rsquo; comprehension and analysis of S.E. Hinton&rsquo;s novel The Outsiders with these discussion questions for chapters 9-12.

Novel Study: The Outsiders: Discussion Guide #3

Play around with word sounds in this figurative language worksheet! Learn to identify assonance and consonance, two common poetic devices.

Assonance and Consonance

After finishing Rick Riordan&rsquo;s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author&#39;s use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

Novel Study: The Lightning Thief: Analyzing Characters’ Dialogue

Have a laugh (or a groan) with this fun figurative language worksheet all about puns!

Puns in Context

Are you as quick as lightning? Learn about similes with this fun activity. Pick a simile and draw a picture to represent it.

Examples of Similes

In this worksheet, children read Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale The Snowdrop, reimagined here as a drama.

A Retelling of Han Christian Andersen's The Snowdrop

Challenge your students to use what they know about idioms to find the double meaning in these silly puns. They will ‘get a kick’ out of it!

Puns with Idioms

Students will learn about the history of hyperbole in literature and politics.

Hyperboles in History

Learners will practice identifying and decoding figurative language as they read and decipher five practice sentences.

Play on Words

Help your students understand figurative language as they practice identifying homonyms!

Fun with Puns

Puns offer kids the chance to have fun with figurative language! Your students will giggle as they find homophones in each of these silly puns.

Puns with Homophones #2

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