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2nd - 8th Grade Figurative Language Worksheets : Page 3

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

Idioms in Context

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

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 Valentine&#39;s Day-themed similes!

Figurative Language Maze: Valentine's Day Similes

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

Examples of Hyperbole! Part 2

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”

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

Idioms: Picture This!

Kids practice using idioms in this figurative language worksheet.

Identify the Idiom

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

Give your learners fun practice identifying hyperboles with this sweet figurative language maze.

Figurative Language Maze: Valentine's Day Hyperbole

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

Invite learners to practice identifying examples of hyperbole with this fun Earth Day maze!

Figurative Language Maze: Earth Day Hyperbole

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

Figurative Language Maze: Halloween Metaphors

After finishing Rick Riordan&rsquo;s <em>The Lightning Thief</em>, students reflect on the author&#39;s use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

Novel Study: The Lightning Thief: Analyzing Characters’ Dialogue

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.

Analyzing a Passage from The Wizard of Oz

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

Idioms: Tell Us What You Think!

Your students will have fun identifying the homophones in these hilarious puns!

Puns with Homophones #1

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

Reading & Understanding Metaphors

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

Reading & Understanding Similes

Students make connections between classic and modern literature by identifying shared character archetypes found in each.

Archetypes in Modern Literature

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

When your students read this silly poem, they will find examples of hyperbole. Then, they will make a connection to another language concept: superlatives!

More Hyperbole in Poetry

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this eighth-grade worksheet! 

Figurative Language in Context #3

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

Vocabulary Builder: Descriptive Words

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

Making Sense of Figurative Language 2

Your kids will have fun learning about hyperbole and writing some of their own exaggerations along the way!

Having Fun with Hyperbole

Expand your reader&rsquo;s knowledge of world folklore with this unique and engaging reading comprehension worksheet!&nbsp;

Extended Reading Comprehension: The Boatbuilders of Fiji

Play around with word sounds in this figurative language worksheet! Learn to identify assonance and consonance, two common poetic devices.

Assonance and Consonance

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

Verbal Irony

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