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Your students will be all smiles when learning how to compare objects with this similes exercise.


Similes 2

When your students read this exaggerated tale, they will find a ton of hyperboles!

The Day I Saved the World!

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

How to Write a Scary Story

There’s nothing greater than a student who can appreciate a pun activity when they play one.


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

More Hyperbole in Poetry

Help students understand homographic puns and how to use them.

Homographic Puns

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.

Idioms: A Figure of Speech

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!

My Own Idiom

Students will read metaphors and identify how the two things being compared are alike.

Reading & Understanding Metaphors

Teach students how to use short stories to illustrate a point with this engaging exercise.


Metaphors 2

Students will understand how to identify and use metaphors after they work through this exercise.


Metaphors 1

Help students learn how to categorize objects with this exercise that educates them about oxymorons.


Oxymoron

EL students will read similes and identify how the two things being compared are alike.

Reading & Understanding Similes

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

Rainy Day Friend Classroom Story

Students will look at hilarious puns and how they use homonyms and homophones.

Let's Have Pun!

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

Animal Sounds in Other Languages: Onomatopoeia Word Search

Students will have a blast playing with this exercise that shows how spelling onomatopoeias comes from real-life sounds.


Onomatopoeia

This fun worksheet is an appealing way for students to see how hyperboles can add joy and humor to the writing process.

Hilarious Hyperbole

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.

Metaphors

As students begin to read more sophisticated texts, understanding how authors use figurative language becomes critical. In this unit, students will revisit some of the figurative language they learned in fourth grade and also study some new ones too, including onomatopoeia, hyperbole, puns and oxymorons. Analyzing how figurative language is used in texts will help readers apply what they have learned.

Figurative Language

Do your students understand the deeper meaning or humor behind a play on words? In this lesson, students will learn how to interpret the meaning of oxymorons and puns, identify key words, and explain the meanings!

Deeper Meanings

What's a metaphor? How do you haiku? Kids will hone reading and writing skills with this book, from a simple syllable counting exercise to inventing rhymes and tangling with the Jabberwocky!

Pick a Peck of Poetry

Your little poets will love how their creative writing abilities will grow with this lesson about similes and metaphors. Students engage in fun activities to learn about similes and metaphors and write comparisons as directed.

Similes and Metaphors: Comparisons Done Right

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.

All Kinds of Sounds

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?

The Twisted Ankle

Students will play with words as they explore a variety of oxymorons in this fun worksheet. As kids identify these contradictory terms and integrate them into sentences, they’ll see how figurative language can add humor and intrigue to their writing!

Inside Out Oxymorons!

Students will get to play with words as they explore a variety of oxymorons in this seriously fun worksheet! As kids explain the meaning of these contradictory terms, they’ll learn how figurative language can add humor and intrigue to their writing!

Seriously Fun Oxymorons!

Words are the wondrous building blocks in language. This unit increases students’ word knowledge by introducing more challenging vocabulary and exploring how words are related. Learners will also discover some of the ways words are constructed using derivational root words, prefixes, suffixes, and compound words. Students will get to explore and create fun literary devices such as similes, idioms and metaphors.

Word Meaning 2

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

Personification: Examples in Context

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

Hyperboles in History

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