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

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.

Your kids will have fun learning about hyperbole and writing some of their own exaggerations along the way!

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.

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

As quiet as a mouse or as quiet as a cucumber? Kids will learn the definition of a simile, then use pictures as clues to complete the similes.

Use this activity to help students find and decipher metaphors in the context of short passages. Students will read the passages, record what is being compared in each, and then seek to explain the metaphors' meanings in their own words.

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they’re reading with this engaging reading activity!

Search this puzzle for onomatopoeias of animal sounds in other languages! How do they compare to the onomatopoeias you know?

This resource makes matching idioms as easy as pie! ​Students will pair idioms based on their identical meaning.

Students hone their ability to spot literary devices with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

Children will practice bringing excitement to their writing in this fun figurative language worksheet.

Practice identifying hyperbole with this engaging winter-themed figurative language maze!

Have fun with hyperbole in this funny fill-in story-writing worksheet!

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

Invite learners to practice identifying examples of hyperbole with this fun Earth Day maze!

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.

Give kids a chance to think creatively about metaphors by letting them write their own! Students will stretch their imaginations and figurative language skills as they think of ways to describe their class, bedroom, and more.

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Valentine's Day-themed similes!

This poem offers a fun, memorable example for students as they learn to interpret figurative language in works of poetry and literature.

This middle school worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of allusion (mythological, biblical, literary, or historical), simile, personification, or metaphor. 

Having fun with words and sounds! Extend your students’ experience with onomatopoeia by giving them words to sort and asking them to identify how an author could use specific words in their writing.

Give your learners fun practice identifying hyperboles with this sweet figurative language maze.

Alliteration is a type of figurative language that is often used to engage a reader’s senses. Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration in context.

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

Engage your students with food puns to excite their appetites and brains!

When your students read this exaggerated tale, they will find a ton of hyperboles!

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.

If your students need more practice with onomatopoeia, this worksheet will provide them with examples of common animal sounds and related contexts.

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this middle grades worksheet!