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

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

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

These 24 cards will introduce your students to common sound words!

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

Introduce your students to eight common types of figurative language with this colorful exercise.

Introduce your students to these common English idioms, used in the context of a sentence.

Children will love coming up with creative drawings that depict common idioms literally in this engaging grammar worksheet.

If your students need more practice with onomatopoeia, this worksheet will provide them with examples of common animal sounds and related contexts.

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

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

What does "when pigs fly" mean if pigs can't really fly? Kids use context clues to learn the meanings of common idioms on this third grade reading worksheet.

Kids complete sentences with idioms in this worksheet.

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

Encourage creativity and critical thinking about the characters in The Hunger Games with this artistic extension activity!

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they’re reading with this engaging reading activity!

How is a grapefruit like a moon? They are both round! Students will identify which items are being compared in a metaphor, then describe one way they are alike.

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

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!

Learners will have fun honing their language and grammar skills with this fall-themed figurative language maze!