Teach your students about contradictory phrases that go by the funny sounding name of "oxymoron." After your students match two words together to make oxymorons, they’ll write their own creative sentences using this fun figurative language

Crash into onomatopoeia practice in this engaging worksheet!

Strengthen reading comprehension and literary analysis skills with this sixth through eighth grade foreshadowing 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.

Learn about common patterns in storytelling with this middle-grade worksheet!

Become the greatest hyperbole detective the world has ever seen in this extra-exaggerative worksheet!

Unmask the cast of every story with this worksheet for middle schoolers on character archetypes!

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

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

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

Assess your students’ knowledge of the eight most common types of figurative language.

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

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

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

Can you hear the dogs barking and the birds chirping in the park? Study onomatopoeia in this worksheet! 

Practicing with idioms is a piece of cake with the help of this worksheet!

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

Practice identifying hyperboles in this spring-themed maze designed for middle-grade students!

This worksheet will help your child understand what similes are, and she'll even get to use her imagination to write some of her own!

Use context clues to guess the meaning of idioms in this figurative language worksheet!

Practice identifying similes like a seasoned expert with this fun, spring-themed maze!

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

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

Middle school students will become masters at decoding characters in their favorite stories after they complete this activity!

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

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

Explore figurative language in context with this personification worksheet designed for fifth through eigth graders! 

Fall for figurative language with this engaging worksheet that helps students master the art of personification!