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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

Descriptive language and metaphoric phrases take the spotlight in this workbook. Kids use new vocabulary and common phrases to tackle writing skills.

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

Glossary: Figurative Language

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

Figurative Language Handout

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

Figurative Language Maze: Fall Similes

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

Vocabulary Cards: Figurative Language

Assess your students&rsquo; knowledge of the eight most common types of figurative language.

Figurative Language: Figure It Out!

This literary lesson has students delving into Emily Dickinson's "The Moon was but a Chin of Gold" to find different types of figurative language. Writers will love sharpening reading comprehension skills with this poetry analysis activity.

Poetry: Figurative Language

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

Figurative Language: Identifying Alliteration

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

Figurative Language Maze: Summer Similes

Students hone their ability to spot literary devices with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

Figurative Language Maze: Winter Similes

Explore figurative language and common expressions in this fifth-grade reading and writing game!

Dino Photoshoot: Figurative Language in Sentences

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

Making Sense of Figurative Language 1

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

Making Sense of Figurative Language 2

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.

Figurative Language: Alliteration in Poetry

Alliteration is a type of figurative language that is often used to engage a reader’s senses. Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration in context.

Figurative Language: Alliteration in Context

Get to know figurative language like the back of your hand with this fifth-grade learning game!

Dino Bones: Using Figurative Language in Sentences

Ideal for fourth and fifth graders, this worksheet includes figurative language examples and definitions on the first page, and a second full page of questions and tasks that can be used to check for understanding.

Fall Figurative Language Task Cards

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

Figurative Language Practice

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

Figurative Language: 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!

Literal and Nonliteral Language

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

Figurative Language: Silly Alliteration

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

Figurative Language: Alliteration Sentences

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

Idioms: Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language

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

Making Sense of Figurative Language 3

Kids practice using idioms in this figurative language worksheet.

Identify the Idiom

Help your students understand figurative language as they practice identifying homonyms!

Fun with Puns

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

Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #1

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

Review: Metaphors and Similes

Introduce learners to this fun form of figurative language with this entertaining worksheet.

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