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

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

An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it's describing. Search through this word search to find each comic book onomatopoeia!

Students will learn about the history of hyperbole in literature and politics.

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.

Children read a passage from L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, then answer a series of questions in this reading comprehension worksheet.

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

Use this activity to help students find and decipher metaphors in the context of short passages. Students will read the passages, record what is being compared in each, and then seek to explain the metaphors' meanings in their own words.

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!

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

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

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Figurative Language.

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

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".

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

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

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

How is a grapefruit like a moon? They are both round! Students will identify which items are being compared in a metaphor, then describe one way they are alike.

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

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

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.

Engage your students with food puns to excite their appetites and brains!

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Kids complete sentences with idioms in this worksheet.