Figurative Language Worksheets : Page 2

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

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

Introduce your students to these common English idioms, used in the context of a sentence.

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

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

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

Search this puzzle for animal onomatopoeias. An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound that it's describing. These words are sounds made by animals!

Put all your Easter eggs in this worksheet! Help your students use the context of a sentence to discover the meaning of these Easter idioms.

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.

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

Learners will have fun honing their language and grammar skills with this fall-themed figurative language maze!

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

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

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

Learners will practice identifying and decoding figurative language as they read and decipher five practice sentences.

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

Search this puzzle for onomatopoeias of animal sounds in other languages! How do they compare to the onomatopoeias you know?

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

Children practice identifying and interpreting one type of figurative language, similes, in nine sample sentences.

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

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

Having fun with words and sounds! Extend your students’ experience with onomatopoeia by giving them words to sort and asking them to identify how an author could use specific words in their writing.