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2nd - 7th Grade Simile Resources

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

Figurative Language Handout

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

Figurative Language Maze: Summer Similes

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

Figurative Language Practice

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

Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #1

This worksheet will help your child understand what similes are, and she&#39;ll even get to use her imagination to write some of her own!

Scrambled Similes

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

Figurative Language Maze: Winter 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.

Similes: Easy as Pie

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

Figurative Language Maze: Fall Similes

Once students get underway with this Education.com exercise, learning about similes is easy as pie.


Similes 1

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


Similes 2

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

Figurative Language

Introduce readers to the poem &ldquo;We Wear the Mask&rdquo; by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet!<br />
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Analyzing Poetry: “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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

Metaphors and Similes

Students will be as confident in writing as a Pulitzer Prize winner after completing this final exercise in the similes series.


Similes 3

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.

Simile or Metaphor

Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #2

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

Figurative Language Maze: Halloween Similes

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

Figurative Language in Context #1

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.

Similes: Clear as Crystal

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

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

Figurative Language Maze: Earth Day Similes

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

Review: Metaphors and Similes

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Valentine&#39;s Day-themed similes!

Figurative Language Maze: Valentine's Day Similes

This seventh-grade worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of allusion (mythological, biblical, literary, or historical), simile, personification, or metaphor. 

Figurative Language in Context #2

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

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

Reading & Understanding Similes

This year, third graders will be taking their vocabulary to new heights and exploring such concepts as metaphor, simile, hyperbole, and personification. This guided lesson in vocabulary and figurative language offers clear and practical definitions of new words and expressions, along with plenty of practice opportunities. Understanding vocabulary and figurative language deepens reading comprehension skills and enriches the writing process.

Word Meaning 1

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

Making Sense of Figurative Language 2

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.

After introducing similes, give kids a chance to be creative with this writing activity! Students will have fun comparing all kinds of things of their choosing using the prompts, and you'll love watching them use and grow their figurative language skills.

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2nd - 7th Grade Simile Resources