Become as clever as a fox as you learn to identify and interpret similes and metaphors!

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

Don’t let allusions be your Achilles’ heel—practice interpreting and writing them with this seventh- and eighth-grade worksheet!

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

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

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

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

Strengthen reading comprehension and literary analysis skills with this sixth through eighth grade foreshadowing worksheet!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Use foreshadowing to guess what will happen on this train ride!

Introduce readers to the poem “I like to see it lap the Miles” by beloved American poet Emily Dickinson.

Predict what will happen during the championship game with this middle-grade worksheet all about foreshadowing!

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

Don’t let allusions be your white whale; master them with the help of this middle school worksheet!

Put your creative side to work with this fun writing activity!

Write an eloquent, nature-inspired personification poem with this guided worksheet for seventh graders!

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

Identify irony in context in this helpful worksheet!

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

Let your figurative language skills blossom with this middle-grade springtime metaphor maze!