3rd and 4th Grade Figurative Language Resources

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

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.

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

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

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

In this worksheet, learners will practice identifying metaphors as they color in the logs that contain them.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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!

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

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

In this exercise, students will use linking verbs to write metaphors with support.

In this grammar worksheet, learners will enjoy writing what each idiom means figuratively, then drawing a picture to illustrate its meaning.

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

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

Kids complete sentences with idioms in this worksheet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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