1st - 6th Grade Figurative Language Worksheets

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.

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

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

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

Students hone their ability to spot literary devices with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

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

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

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

BOOM! This worksheet is full of all kinds of sound-based words, from creaks to squeaks.

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

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!

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

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

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

Children will practice bringing excitement to their writing in this fun language and vocabulary worksheet.

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

Children are introduced to Tennyson the Turtle, a reptile who likes to use metaphors and similes, in this appealing worksheet!

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

Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.

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.

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

Use this resource with your students to practice using context clues to determine the meaning of idioms.

Alliteration is a fun way to play with language! Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

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

Learners discover the magic of figurative language in this reading and writing exercise.

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

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

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