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3rd - 8th Grade Figurative Language Worksheets : Page 4

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

Making Sense of Figurative Language 1

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!

Literal and Nonliteral Language

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

Hyperbole in Poetry

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

Mixed-Up Idioms

In this worksheet, children read Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale The Snowdrop, reimagined here as a drama.

A Retelling of Han Christian Andersen's The Snowdrop

Learners will practice identifying and decoding figurative language as they read and decipher five practice sentences.

Play on Words

Use this discussion guide to support students&rsquo; comprehension and analysis of chapters 5&ndash;8 of S.E. Hinton&rsquo;s novel<em> The Outsiders.</em>

Novel Study: The Outsiders: Discussion Guide #2

Students will learn common animal sound words in different languages!

Animal Sounds Around the World

Students will learn to identify onomatopoeia using a word bank and context clues.

Practice Onomatopoeia!

Learners use their background knowledge and sentence-based context clues to determine the meaning of more common allusions.

Determine the Meaning of Common Allusions #2

Kids complete sentences with idioms in this worksheet.

Making Sense of Idioms

Are you so hungry you could eat a horse? Your students will have fun identifying the examples of  hyperbole and idioms in this worksheet.

Expressions Explained

Help your EL students use linking words to write similes!

Writing Similes with Linking Words

Encourage creativity and critical thinking about the characters in <em>The Hunger Games</em> with this artistic extension activity!

Novel Study: The Hunger Games: Character Archetype Trading Cards

Your mind will burst with knowledge after completing this hyperbole activity! Turn normal skills and traits into lager-than-life abilities using exaggeration.

Hyperbole

Help your students identify if alliteration is used in these funny sentences!

Is It Alliteration?

Have a laugh (or a groan) with this fun figurative language worksheet all about puns!

Puns in Context

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.

Metaphors

Challenge your students to find the definitions of each homograph that give these puns their double meaning.

Puns with Homographs

Silly sentences will have your students smiling! Use this resource with your students to practice writing silly sentences with alliteration.

Figurative Language: Silly Alliteration

Ideal for fourth and fifth graders, this worksheet includes figurative language examples and definitions on the first page, and a second full page of questions and tasks that can be used to check for understanding.

Fall Figurative Language Task Cards

Your students will love getting creative as they turn ordinary statements into hyperboles.

Write Your Own Hyperboles

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.

Halloween Hyperboles

Children draw the literal meaning of a few idiomatic expressions as they consider their true social meaning.

Show Your Idioms

This worksheet is a beast! That's a metaphor, and your child will be writing their own metaphors in no time, then they can use them in a poem.

Animal Metaphors

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

Figurative Language: Alliteration Sentences

Teach your students about contradictory phrases that go by the funny sounding name of "oxymoron." After your students match two words together to make oxymorons, they’ll write their own creative sentences using this fun figurative language tool.

Make a Match with Oxymorons

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

Fun with Food Puns #1

Students will learn about the history of hyperbole in literature and politics.

Hyperboles in History

Alliteration is a type of figurative language that is often used to engage a reader’s senses. Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration in context.

Figurative Language: Alliteration in Context

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