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1st - 7th Grade Figurative Language Resources : Page 3

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

Examples of Similes

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

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


Similes 2

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

Examples of Hyperbole! Part 2

Every educator eschews un-exciting educational exercises; employ this Education.com exercise for an entertaining and eventful lesson on alliteration!


Alliteration

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

Hyperbole in Poetry

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


Oxymoron

Let's get as silly as a goose with these similes! Students will get creative as they finish simple similes with this introductory worksheet. After they finish, give them a chance to share their favorites with the class!

Silly Similes

Introduce your students to some common English idioms and their meanings.

Idioms: Picture This!

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.

All About Metaphors

Students will be able to creatively apply metaphors to their discussions after they complete this exercise.


Metaphors 3

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


Onomatopoeia

Introduce readers to the poem &ldquo;O Captain! My Captain!&rdquo; by American poet Walt Whitman with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!&nbsp;

Analyzing Poetry: “O Captain! My Captain!” by Walt Whitman

In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.

Compare and Contrast in Poetry: “January” and “The Wind”

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

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

Glossary: Figurative Language

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they&rsquo;re reading with this engaging reading activity!

Character Archetype Trading Cards

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

Making Sense of Figurative Language 1

Help your EL students use linking words to write similes!

Writing Similes with Linking Words

Search this puzzle for animal onomatopoeias. An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound that it&#39;s describing. These words are sounds made by animals!

Animal Onomatopoeias

Introduce readers to the poem &quot;The Song of Wandering Aengus&quot; by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet!<br />
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Analyzing Poetry: "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats

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

Making Sense of Figurative Language 2

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

Reading & Understanding Metaphors

This is a hilarious worksheet for students to dive into as they hone their figurative language skills! Young wordsmiths will practice identifying the differences between homonyms and homophones as they analyze puns.

What's so Punny?

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

Idioms in Context

Children will love coming up with creative drawings that depict common idioms literally in this engaging grammar worksheet.

What Is an Idiom?

Introduce your students to vocabulary words that will strengthen their descriptive writing!

Vocabulary Builder: Descriptive Words

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!

Literal and Nonliteral Language

In this exercise, students will use linking verbs to write metaphors with support.

Writing Metaphors with Linking Verbs

Kids complete sentences with idioms in this worksheet.

Making Sense of Idioms

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