Ooh, onomatopoeia! This is a word that mimics a sound: like the "slurp" of spaghetti, a dog's "woof", or comic book sounds like "crash", "bam" and "bang".

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

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.

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

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

Assess your students’ knowledge of the eight most common types of figurative language.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Figurative Language.

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

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.

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!

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

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

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

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!

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

Use this activity to help students find and decipher metaphors in the context of short passages. Students will read the passages, record what is being compared in each, and then seek to explain the metaphors' meanings in their own words.

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

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.

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