Figurative Language Resources : Page 2

Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.

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.

Use this resource with your students to practice using context clues to determine the meaning of idioms.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Alliteration is a fun way to play with language! Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration

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.

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

Learners discover the magic of figurative language in this reading and writing exercise.

This resource makes matching idioms as easy as pie! ​Students will pair idioms based on their identical meaning.

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Valentine's Day-themed similes!

Aren't alliterations awesome? Have a little phonics fun by finishing these alliterations.

Introduce readers to the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

In this two-page worksheet, learners will use context clues to decipher the meaning of idioms used on literal and non-literal contexts.

As quiet as a mouse or as quiet as a cucumber? Kids will learn the definition of a simile, then use pictures as clues to complete the similes.

Children will practice bringing excitement to their writing in this fun language and vocabulary worksheet.

Give your learners fun practice identifying hyperboles with this sweet figurative language maze.