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.

Introduce readers to the poem “I like to see it lap the Miles” by beloved American poet Emily Dickinson.

Many idioms are a dime a dozen. Give kids a chance to flex their figurative language skills and creativity by having them write and illustrate their very own idioms. Students will find that time really does fly when they're having fun!

Oxymorons are seriously fun business! Your fifth graders will have fun making oxymorons by matching contradictory words, as well as crafting unique sentences as they practice using these antithetical phrases in their writing.

An oxymoron is a figure of speech made up of words with very different meanings. In this creative writing activity, students will put their figurative language skills to the test as they craft a story using some catchy contradictory phrases!

When your students read this exaggerated tale, they will find a ton of hyperboles!

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

Young writers will work with animal metaphors as they plan and craft a poem about someone they know.

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

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!

Similes are all around us—sometimes you just need a little context to know how to decipher them! This lighthearted story about a twisted ankle contains two hidden similes. Can your students find them?

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

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

Help your students understand figurative language as they practice identifying homonyms!

Use this awfully good worksheet about using an oxymoron to inspire creative writing.

Use this organizer to help students track examples of hyperbole.

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

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

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

Determine the appropriate onomatopoeia for different situations in this engaging puzzle!

Put your creative side to work with this fun writing activity!

Predict what will happen during the championship game with this middle-grade worksheet all about foreshadowing!