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

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

Examine the theme of beauty while reading and analyzing two different poems in this two-page worksheet for middle grades! 

Learners will use their background knowledge and sentence-based context clues to determine the meaning of common allusions.

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

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

Learners use their background knowledge and sentence-based context clues to determine the meaning of more common allusions.

Give your students experience with reading and analyzing primary sources with this powerful excerpt from the memoir of Frederick Douglass.

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this eighth-grade worksheet!

Have a laugh (or a groan) with this fun figurative language worksheet all about puns!

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 5–8 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

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