8th Grade Common Core Irony Resources

Students read a two-page adaptation of "The Gift of the Magi" and dig deep into the figurative language and literary devices of this classic story!

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 study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this eighth-grade worksheet!