Students will play with words as they explore a variety of oxymorons in this fun worksheet. As kids identify these contradictory terms and integrate them into sentences, they’ll see how figurative language can add humor and intrigue to their writing

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

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

Ooh, onomatopoeia! This is a word that mimics a sound: like the "slurp" of spaghetti, a dog's "woof", or comic book sounds like "crash", "bam" and "bang".

Why is the math book so sad? It has too many problems! Help your students bring puns to life by having them create visuals to represent the play on words. Kids will have a blast reading the puns and making their own illustrations to accompany them.

After completing this worksheet, you’ll know oxymorons inside out!

Challenge your students to use what they know about idioms to find the double meaning in these silly puns. They will ‘get a kick’ out of it!

Get students thinking figuratively by having them connect their understanding of metaphors and similes to the books they read in class. Students will seek out a metaphor or simile in their reading, consider the quote's context, then explain what they

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

After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, challenge students to think about the symbolism of the costumes in the novel and get creative!

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

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!

Children will love coming up with creative drawings that depict common idioms literally in this engaging grammar worksheet.

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

Students will look at hilarious puns and how they use homonyms and homophones.

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

Let spring blossoms teach you a lesson on personification in this cheery worksheet!

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

Give your students a case of the giggles with twelve funny pun cards that use similar sounding words and phrases to create double meaning.

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

Inspire a love for creative language in fourth- and fifth-grade students!

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.

Ideal for fourth and fifth graders, this worksheet includes figurative language examples and definitions on the first page, and a second full page of questions and tasks that can be used to check for understanding.

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

This middle school worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of allusion (mythological, biblical, literary, or historical), simile, personification, or metaphor. 

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

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, give students a chance to think about the significance of the symbols used in the novel.

What does "when pigs fly" mean if pigs can't really fly? Kids use context clues to learn the meanings of common idioms on this third grade reading worksheet.

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

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