2nd - 5th Grade Common Core Literary Devices and Figurative Language Educational Resources

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

Students hone their language and grammar skills with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

Determine the appropriate onomatopoeia for different situations in this engaging puzzle!

Clap, splash, and zoom with this onomatopoeia crossword puzzle tailored for fourth and fifth graders!

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with this worksheet featuring summer-themed similes!

Get fourth and fifth graders' creativity flowing with this personification worksheet! 

Learners will have fun honing their language and grammar skills with this fall-themed figurative language maze!

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

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

Listen to burgers sizzle and rain patter in this camping-themed onomatopoeia worksheet, designed for fourth and fifth graders!

Practice using onomatopoeia like hiss, squeak, and boom in this fun language puzzle!

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

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

Learn onomatopoeia while you experience an exciting video game quest!

In this engaging reading comprehension worrksheet, learners read an original two-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions.

Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!

Students will learn to identify and interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in writing.

Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.

Assess your students’ knowledge of the eight most common types of figurative language.

If someone loses their glasses, are they as blind as a bee or a bat? This fill-in-the-blank worksheet introduces your child to popular similes.

This worksheet will help your child understand what similes are, and she'll even get to use her imagination to write some of her own!

If your students need support in matching obscure words with the deeper meaning, invite them to use the clues on this worksheet to match words and phrases with their corresponding meanings.

Can you tell the difference between a simile and a metaphor? Students will seek to distinguish between—and determine the meanings of—simple similes and metaphors with this multiple choice activity.