5th Grade Figurative Language Resources : Page 2

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.

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.

Teach your students about hyperbole using music! First, let them practice interpreting hyperboles. Then, play a song (or provide lyrics) and invite them to listen for an example of hyperbole.

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

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.

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

Are you so hungry you could eat a horse? Your students will have fun identifying the examples of hyperbole and idioms in this worksheet.

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.

This worksheet is a beast! That's a metaphor, and your child will be writing their own metaphors in no time, then they can use them in a poem.

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

Children will discover how figurative language can enliven writing in this fun cut-and-paste worksheet.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

Get ready for some serious fun! Your students will be amused as they learn to identify oxymorons in sentences. Then, they will write their own.

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

Get plenty of practice with alliteration by identifying and creating alliterative sentences.

In this worksheet, children will read five sentences, underlining the word that is an example of onomatopoeia.

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

Use these wacky sentences to help your students recognize alliteration as they read.

As your students read these silly limericks, they’ll identify examples of hyperbole.

Students will learn common animal sound words in different languages!

Help your EL students use linking words to write similes!

Your students will have fun identifying the homophones in these hilarious puns!