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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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 glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Figurative Language.

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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

Kids complete sentences with idioms in this worksheet.

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

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 worksheet, students will read Carl Sandburg's poem "Fog," then analyze the poem for figurative language.

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

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

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

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

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

Children will discover how figurative language can enliven writing in this fun cut-and-paste worksheet.