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.

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.

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

Young writers will work with animal metaphors as they plan and craft a poem about someone they know.

In this worksheet, students will read Carl Sandburg's poem "Fog," then analyze the poem for figurative language.

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

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

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

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

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.

As quiet as a mouse or as quiet as a cucumber? Kids will learn the definition of a simile, then use pictures as clues to complete the similes.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 are imaginative ways to describe something by comparing that thing to something else. With this worksheet, students will write a metaphor for each pair of given words.

These similes got mixed up! With this simile worksheet, students will choose from a selection of words to complete the scrambled similes.

Your mind will burst with knowledge after completing this hyperbole activity! Turn normal skills and traits into larger-than-life abilities using exaggeration.

Take things to the extreme with this hyperbole practice sheet! Learn to use exaggeration to make your writing more descriptive.

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

Have fun with hyperbole in this funny fill-in story-writing 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.

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

This worksheet is a beast! That's a metaphor, and your child will be writing their own metaphors in no time, then they can use them in a poem.

In this worksheet, children will read five sentences, underlining the word that is an example of onomatopoeia.

If your students need more practice with onomatopoeia, this worksheet will provide them with examples of common animal sounds and related contexts.