Help students learn and remember key types of figurative language with this convenient handout!

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

Take an Earth Day-themed adventure through this figurative language maze!

Introduce your students to eight common types of figurative language with this colorful exercise.

Middle school writers practice rewriting sentences using personification to add description and make the sentences more exciting!

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

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

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

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

Get a taste of verbal irony with this figurative language worksheet in which students study the definitions and examples of sarcasm, exaggeration, and understatement.

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

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

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

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.

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

Practice identifying metaphors with this fun, summer-themed figurative language maze!

Practice identifying metaphors with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

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

Have your learners practice identifying hyperboles with this fun, seasonal figurative language maze.

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

Encourage creativity and critical thinking about the characters in The Hunger Games with this artistic extension activity!

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

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

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

After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, challenge students to think about the symbolism of the costumes in the novel and get creative!

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Halloween-themed similes!

Invite your learners to practice identifying hyperboles with this fun figurative language maze! 

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