Children are introduced to Tennyson the Turtle, a reptile who likes to use metaphors and similes, in this appealing worksheet!

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

Learners discover the magic of figurative language in this reading and writing exercise.

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!

Get students thinking figuratively by having them connect their understanding of metaphors and similes to the books they read in class. Students will seek out a metaphor or simile in their reading, consider the quote's context, then explain what they

Become as clever as a fox as you learn to identify and interpret similes and metaphors!

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

Students will learn to identify personification using nouns and verbs as signal words!

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

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

Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.

Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.

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

With this worksheet, your students practice and identifying and writing hyperboles.

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

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.

Students will look at hilarious puns and how they use homonyms and homophones.

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

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

Listen to burgers sizzle and rain patter in this camping-themed onomatopoeia worksheet, designed for fourth and fifth graders!

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.

In this fun worksheet, students will get to practice using both homophones and homonyms as they identify and write puns!

Don’t let allusions be your Achilles’ heel—practice interpreting and writing them with this seventh- and eighth-grade worksheet!

Use this worksheet to provide students with even more practice using both homophones and homonyms as they identify and write their own puns!

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

Help your students practice identifying and writing alliterative sentences

Engage your students with eggciting wordplay and food puns!

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

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

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