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.

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.

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!

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

This resource makes matching idioms as easy as pie! ​Students will pair idioms based on their identical meaning.

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

Have fun with hyperbole in this funny fill-in story-writing worksheet!

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".

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

How is a grapefruit like a moon? They are both round! Students will identify which items are being compared in a metaphor, then describe one way they are alike.

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

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.

Students hone their ability to spot literary devices with this fun, winter-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.

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

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.

Give kids a chance to think creatively about metaphors by letting them write their own! Students will stretch their imaginations and figurative language skills as they think of ways to describe their class, bedroom, and more.

Kids complete sentences with idioms in this worksheet.

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

Children will love coming up with creative drawings that depict common idioms literally in this engaging grammar worksheet.

Have fun with figurative language with these Halloween exaggerations that are sure to spook your students! They will enjoy the chance to write their own hyperboles with these over-the-top sentences.

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

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

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.

Challenge your students to use what they know about idioms to find the double meaning in these silly puns. They will ‘get a kick’ out of it!

This poem offers a fun, memorable example for students as they learn to interpret figurative language in works of poetry and literature.

Help your EL students use linking words to write similes!