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

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

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

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

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

Learn onomatopoeia while you experience an exciting video game quest!

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

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

Practice identifying similes like a seasoned expert with this fun, spring-themed maze!

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

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

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

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

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

Have your learners practice identifying hyperboles with this fun figurative language maze.

Have your learners practice identifying hyperboles with this fun, seasonal figurative language maze.

Invite learners to practice identifying examples of hyperbole with this fun Earth Day maze!

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

Give your learners fun practice identifying hyperboles with this sweet figurative language maze.

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

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Valentine's Day-themed similes!

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

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

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with this Valentine's Day-themed metaphors maze!

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

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.

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

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

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

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