This worksheet is a slam dunk for metaphors! Your young writer will learn what makes up a metaphor, and then practice making a few of their own.

Having fun with words and sounds! Extend your students’ experience with onomatopoeia by giving them words to sort and asking them to identify how an author could use specific words in their writing.

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this middle grades worksheet! 

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

BOOM! This worksheet is full of all kinds of sound-based words, from creaks to squeaks.

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

Have some fun with the alphabet as you learn all about alliteration! Create an alliteration for every letter of the alphabet.

Get ready, this activity transforms middle school students into experts at understanding and decoding characters in all their favorite stories!

Put all your Easter eggs in this worksheet! Help your students use the context of a sentence to discover the meaning of these Easter idioms.

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?

After introducing similes, give kids a chance to be creative with this writing activity! Students will have fun comparing all kinds of things of their choosing using the prompts, and you'll love watching them use and grow their figurative language ski

Middle school writers practice rewriting sentences using personification to add description and make the sentences more exciting!

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

Search this puzzle for animal onomatopoeias. An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound that it's describing. These words are sounds made by animals!

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!

Give your students a case of the giggles with twelve funny pun cards that use similar sounding words and phrases to create double meaning.

Are you as quick as lightning? Learn about similes with this fun activity. Pick a simile and draw a picture to represent it.

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

This middle school worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of allusion (mythological, biblical, literary, or historical), simile, personification, or metaphor. 

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

Apply your alliteration abilities to ace this amazing activity!

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with this worksheet featuring summer-themed similes!

Learn onomatopoeia while you experience an exciting video game quest!

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