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

Help students learn and remember key types of figurative language with this convenient handout!

Ooh, onomatopoeia! This is a word that mimics a sound: like the "slurp" of spaghetti, a dog's "woof", or comic book sounds like "crash", "bam" and "bang".

Practice identifying metaphors with this fun, summer-themed figurative language maze!

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

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

Students will learn to identify and interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in writing.

Introduce your students to eight common types of figurative language with this colorful exercise.

This worksheet will help your child understand what similes are, and she'll even get to use her imagination to write some of her own!

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with this worksheet featuring summer-themed similes!

Assess your students’ knowledge of the eight most common types of figurative language.

Brush up on your figurative language skills this fall season with this engaging metaphors maze!

Have your learners practice identifying hyperboles with this fun, seasonal figurative language maze.

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.

Children are introduced to Tennyson the Turtle, a reptile who likes to use metaphors and similes, in this appealing worksheet!

If someone loses their glasses, are they as blind as a bee or a bat? This fill-in-the-blank worksheet introduces your child to popular similes.

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Halloween-themed similes!

Learners will have fun honing their language and grammar skills with this fall-themed figurative language maze!

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

Invite your learners to practice identifying hyperboles with this fun figurative language maze! 

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

Middle school writers practice rewriting sentences using personification to add description and make the sentences more exciting!

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

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it's describing. Search through this word search to find each comic book onomatopoeia!

Take an Earth Day-themed adventure through this figurative language maze!

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.

Children read a passage from L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, then answer a series of questions in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Get a taste of verbal irony with this figurative language worksheet in which students study the definitions and examples of sarcasm, exaggeration, and understatement.

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