3rd and 4th Grade Figurative Language Worksheets

If your students need support in matching obscure words with the deeper meaning, invite them to use the clues on this worksheet to match words and phrases with their corresponding meanings.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Put all your Easter eggs in this worksheet! Help your students use the context of a sentence to discover the meaning of these Easter idioms.

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.

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!

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.

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

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

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!

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.