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

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

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.

Learn about common patterns in storytelling with this middle-grade worksheet!

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, give students a chance to think about the significance of the symbols used in the novel.

Get ready, this activity transforms middle school students into experts at understanding and decoding characters in all their favorite stories!

Middle school students will uncover the blueprints of every legendary tale as they learn, identify, and draw symbols for six different plot archetypes!

Discover the roadmap for your favorite stories with this middle-grade worksheet on plot archetypes!

Learn onomatopoeia while you experience an exciting video game quest!

Bring opposites together to form oxymorons in this worksheet on figurative language!

Practice using personification with this autumnal worksheet created for fifth through eighth graders!

Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!

Middle school students will become masters at decoding characters in their favorite stories after they complete this activity!

Unmask the cast of every story with this worksheet for middle schoolers on character archetypes!