Figurative Language Worksheets : Page 2

Let's get as silly as a goose with these similes! Students will get creative as they finish simple similes with this introductory worksheet. After they finish, give them a chance to share their favorites with the class!

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

Aren't alliterations awesome? Have a little phonics fun by finishing these alliterations.

In this worksheet, learners will practice identifying metaphors as they color in the logs that contain them.

After introducing similes, give kids a chance to be creative with this writing activity! Students will have fun comparing all kinds of things of their choosing using the prompts, and you'll love watching them use and grow their figurative language skills.

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

Alliteration is a type of figurative language that is often used in poetry. Use this classic poem with your students to practice identifying alliteration in context.

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

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

In this two-page worksheet, learners will use context clues to decipher the meaning of idioms used on literal and non-literal contexts.

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

Use this worksheet to review figurative language! Students will write what they think each idiom on this worksheet means.

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.

This resource makes matching idioms as easy as pie! ​Students will pair idioms based on their identical meaning.

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

As quiet as a mouse or as quiet as a cucumber? Kids will learn the definition of a simile, then use pictures as clues to complete the similes.

Introduce readers to the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” by American poet Walt Whitman with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet! 

Introduce readers to the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this eighth-grade worksheet!

This poem offers a fun, memorable example for students as they learn to interpret figurative language in works of poetry and literature.

In this exercise, students will use linking verbs to write metaphors with support.

Introduce your students to some common English idioms and their meanings.

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!

Have fun with hyperbole in this funny fill-in story-writing worksheet!

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

Your students will infer the meaning of unknown figurative language examples by using context clues.

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

Give kids a chance to think creatively about metaphors by letting them write their own! Students will stretch their imaginations and figurative language skills as they think of ways to describe their class, bedroom, and more.

Your kids will have fun learning about hyperbole and writing some of their own exaggerations along the way!

Similes are all around us—sometimes you just need a little context to know how to decipher them! This lighthearted story about a twisted ankle contains two hidden similes. Can your students find them?