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

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

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

Can you hear the dogs barking and the birds chirping in the park? Study onomatopoeia in this worksheet! 

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

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

Get a taste of verbal irony with this figurative language worksheet in which students study the definitions and examples of sarcasm, exaggeration, and understatement.

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

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.

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

Use this worksheet to teach your students to write compound sentences with the support of sentence frames as they differentiate between literal and nonliteral meanings of idioms. Don’t forget the context clues!

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

Fall for figurative language with this engaging worksheet that helps students master the art of personification!

Crash into onomatopoeia practice in this engaging worksheet!

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