Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Figurative Language.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Figurative Language.

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

Your students will infer the meaning of unknown figurative language examples by using context clues.

Children practice identifying and interpreting one type of figurative language, similes, in nine sample sentences.

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.

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

Use this worksheet to teach your students to write compound sentences with the support of sentence frames as they differentiate between literal and nonliteral meanings of idioms. Don’t forget the context clues!

Silly sentences will have your students smiling! Use this resource with your students to practice writing silly sentences with alliteration.

Successful students set sail with alliteration! Use this resource with your students to practice writing sentences using alliteration.

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

This exercise will get your students inferring the meaning of unknown metaphors.

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

Use context clues to guess the meaning of idioms in this figurative language worksheet!

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

Children will discover how figurative language can enliven writing in this fun cut-and-paste worksheet.

Use this worksheet to review figurative language! Students will write what they think each idiom on this worksheet means.

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

Many idioms are a dime a dozen. Give kids a chance to flex their figurative language skills and creativity by having them write and illustrate their very own idioms. Students will find that time really does fly when they're having fun!

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

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

Help your students practice identifying and writing alliterative sentences

This fantastically fun worksheet is a great way for students to practice using alliteration.

In this grammar worksheet, learners will enjoy writing what each idiom means figuratively, then drawing a picture to illustrate its meaning.

Children draw the literal meaning of a few idiomatic expressions as they consider their true social meaning.

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.