Figurative Language Worksheets : Page 4

Metaphors are imaginative ways to describe something by comparing that thing to something else. With this worksheet, students will write a metaphor for each pair of given words.

Challenge your students to use what they know about idioms to find the double meaning in these silly puns. They will ‘get a kick’ out of it!

Play around with word sounds in this figurative language worksheet! Learn to identify assonance and consonance, two common poetic devices.

Get ready for some serious fun! Your students will be amused as they learn to identify oxymorons in sentences. Then, they will write their own.

If your students need more practice with onomatopoeia, this worksheet will provide them with examples of common animal sounds and related contexts.

Get plenty of practice with alliteration by identifying and creating alliterative sentences.

In this worksheet, children will read five sentences, underlining the word that is an example of onomatopoeia.

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.

This exercise will get your students inferring the meaning of unknown metaphors.

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

Use these wacky sentences to help your students recognize alliteration as they read.

Kids practice using idioms in this figurative language worksheet.

Have some fun with the alphabet as you learn all about alliteration! Create an alliteration for every letter of the alphabet.

These similes got mixed up! With this simile worksheet, students will choose from a selection of words to complete the scrambled similes.

As your students read these silly limericks, they’ll identify examples of hyperbole.

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

Students will learn common animal sound words in different languages!

Help your EL students use linking words to write similes!

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

In this engaging worksheet, learners will practice identifying, working with, and writing hyperboles.

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Halloween-themed similes!

Students will learn to identify onomatopoeia using a word bank and context clues.

Silly sentences will have your students smiling! Use this resource with your students to practice writing silly sentences with alliteration.

Ideal for fourth and fifth graders, this worksheet includes figurative language examples and definitions on the first page, and a second full page of questions and tasks that can be used to check for understanding.

This fun worksheet is an appealing way for students to see how hyperboles can add joy and humor to the writing process.

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

Help your students practice identifying and writing alliterative sentences

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.

This Easter worksheet will help students practice understanding the meaning of puns.

Students will get to play with words as they explore a variety of oxymorons in this seriously fun worksheet! As kids explain the meaning of these contradictory terms, they’ll learn how figurative language can add humor and intrigue to their writing!