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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Practice identifying hyperboles in this spring-themed maze designed for middle-grade students!

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

Brush up on your figurative language skills this fall season with this engaging metaphors maze!

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

Identify irony in context in this helpful worksheet!

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

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

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

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

Explore figurative language in context with this personification worksheet designed for fifth through eigth graders! 

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

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

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

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

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

Explore different biomes on your quest to interpret literary symbols!

Learn the uses of symbolic settings with this figurative language worksheet!

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

Collect examples of personification as you read with this helpful worksheet!

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