Children draw the literal meaning of a few idiomatic expressions as they consider their true social meaning.

Use this resource with your students to practice using context clues to determine the meaning of idioms.

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.

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!

BOOM! This worksheet is full of all kinds of sound-based words, from creaks to squeaks.

Students will learn to identify and interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in writing.

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

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

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

Middle school students will uncover the blueprints of every legendary tale as they learn, identify, and draw symbols for six different plot archetypes!

Discover the roadmap for your favorite stories with this middle-grade worksheet on plot archetypes!

Practice using onomatopoeia like hiss, squeak, and boom in this fun language puzzle!

Learn onomatopoeia while you experience an exciting video game quest!

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

It's time to change boring to extraordinary with hyperbole magic! Your fifth graders will enjoy rewriting simple statements using hyperbole to exaggerate. Once they finish, they will be the smartest students in the world.

When your students read this silly poem, they will find examples of hyperbole. Then, they will make a connection to another language concept: superlatives!

Your students will have fun identifying the homophones in these hilarious puns!

Children will discover how figurative language can enliven writing in this fun cut-and-paste worksheet.

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

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

Clap, splash, and zoom with this onomatopoeia crossword puzzle tailored for fourth and fifth graders!

Bring opposites together to form oxymorons in this worksheet on figurative language!

Don’t let allusions be your white whale; master them with the help of this middle school worksheet!

Practice using personification with this autumnal worksheet created for fifth through eighth graders!

Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!

Write an eloquent, nature-inspired personification poem with this guided worksheet for seventh graders!