Middle school writers practice rewriting sentences using personification to add description and make the sentences more exciting!

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

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

Similes are all around us—sometimes you just need a little context to know how to decipher them! This lighthearted story about a twisted ankle contains two hidden similes. Can your students find them?

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.

When your students read this exaggerated tale, they will find a ton of hyperboles!

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.

Practice identifying metaphors with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they’re reading with this engaging reading activity!

This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.

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

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.

Engage your students with food puns to excite their appetites and brains!

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!

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

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

Practice identifying hyperbole with this engaging winter-themed figurative language maze!

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

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Halloween-themed similes!

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

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

Invite learners to practice identifying examples of hyperbole with this fun Earth Day maze!

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

Brush up on your figurative language skills this fall season with this engaging metaphors maze!

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

Invite your learners to practice identifying hyperboles with this fun figurative language maze! 

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Halloween-themed metaphors!