Use this activity to help students find and decipher metaphors in the context of short passages. Students will read the passages, record what is being compared in each, and then seek to explain the metaphors' meanings in their own words.

Students will learn about the history of hyperbole in literature and politics.

Explore figurative language in context with this personification worksheet designed for fifth through eigth graders! 

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

In this worksheet, students will read Carl Sandburg's poem "Fog," then analyze the poem for figurative language.

This poem offers a fun, memorable example for students as they learn to interpret figurative language in works of poetry and literature.

Students make connections between classic and modern literature by identifying shared character archetypes found in each.

Alliteration is a type of figurative language that is often used in poetry. Use this classic poem with your students to practice identifying alliteration in context.

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

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

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

Alliteration is a type of figurative language that is often used to engage a reader’s senses. Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration in context.

When your students read this silly poem, they will find examples of hyperbole. Then, they will make a connection to another language concept: superlatives!

Collect examples of personification as you read with this helpful worksheet!

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

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

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

Identify irony in context in this helpful worksheet!

Have fun with hyperbole in this funny fill-in story-writing worksheet!

In this worksheet, learners will practice identifying metaphors as they color in the logs that contain them.

Can you hear the dogs barking and the birds chirping in the park? Study onomatopoeia in this worksheet! 

Kids complete sentences with idioms in this worksheet.