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Literary Devices and Figurative Language Worksheets : Page 2

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with this Valentine&#39;s Day-themed metaphors maze!

Figurative Language Maze: Valentine's Day Metaphors

Celebrate our planet with this Earth Day-themed metaphors maze!

Figurative Language Maze: Earth Day Metaphors

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

Figurative Language Maze: Spring Similes

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

Onomatopoeia Practice: Camping Adventures

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

Figurative Language Maze: Spring Hyperbole

Let your figurative language skills blossom with this middle-grade springtime metaphor maze!&nbsp;

Figurative Language Maze: Spring Metaphors

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

Onomatopoeia Crossword Puzzle #3

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

Personification Practice: Fall Orchard Adventures

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

Personification: Bring Your Writing to Life

Learn onomatopoeia while you experience an exciting video game quest!

Onomatopoeia Practice: Video Game Adventures

In this engaging reading comprehension worrksheet, learners read an original two-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions.

Reading Comprehension: No Sudden Moves

Students read a two-page adaptation of the classic short story &ldquo;The Open Window&rdquo; by Saki and answer key reading comprehension questions!

Reading Comprehension: The Open Window

Students read a two-page adaptation of &quot;The Gift of the Magi&quot; and dig deep into the figurative language and literary devices of this classic story!

Extended Reading Comprehension: The Gift of the Magi

Introduce students to the classic poem “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Analyzing Poetry: Jabberwocky

Practice analyzing poetry with&nbsp;one of Emily Dickinson&rsquo;s most popular poems!

Analyzing Poetry:  “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson

In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.

Compare and Contrast in Poetry: “January” and “The Wind”

Students compare and contrast two fables in this eighth-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Reading Comprehension: “King Chameleon and the Animals” and “The Hare and the Tortoise”

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

Figurative Language in Context #1

Use this original fiction story to give learners practice analyzing story elements, making inferences, and growing their vocabulary using context clues and word relationships.

Reading Comprehension: Lost and Found

Hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this worksheet featuring a French fairy tale about a prince, a curse, and the importance of recognizing one&#39;s own flaws.

Extended Reading Comprehension: Excerpt Adapted From “Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess”

Students read and analyze an excerpt from E. Nesbit&rsquo;s 1906 novel, The Railway Children, in this four-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Reading Comprehension: Excerpt Adapted From The Railway Children

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

Figurative Language Practice

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

Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #1

Help students hone reading comprehension skills and techniques with this&nbsp;classic Robert Frost poem.

Reading Poetry: The Road Not Taken

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

Figurative Language: Figure It Out!

If someone loses their glasses, are they as blind as a bee or a bat? This fill-in-the-blank worksheet introduces your child to popular similes.

Similes: Easy as Pie

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!

Scrambled Similes

Discover why an odd-looking tree is known as Africa’s "tree of life" with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Informational Reading Comprehension: Baobab, Tree of Life

If your students need support in matching obscure words with the deeper meaning, invite them to use the clues on this worksheet to match words and phrases with their corresponding meanings.

Match the Meaning

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.

Simile or Metaphor

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