After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, give students a chance to think about the significance of the symbols used in the novel.

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

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

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

If your students need more practice with onomatopoeia, this worksheet will provide them with examples of common animal sounds and related contexts.

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

Are you as quick as lightning? Learn about similes with this fun activity. Pick a simile and draw a picture to represent it.

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.

Take things to the extreme with this hyperbole practice sheet! Learn to use exaggeration to make your writing more descriptive.

Young writers will work with animal metaphors as they plan and craft a poem about someone they know.

Get plenty of practice with alliteration by identifying and creating alliterative sentences.

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

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

Teach your students about hyperbole using music! First, let them practice interpreting hyperboles. Then, play a song (or provide lyrics) and invite them to listen for an example of hyperbole.

Introduce your students to visual puns with these fun images! Then, challenge them to come up with their own visual puns.

When your students read this silly poem, they will find examples of hyperbole. Then, they will make a connection to another language concept: superlatives!

Give your students a case of the giggles with twelve funny pun cards that use similar sounding words and phrases to create double meaning.

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.

Students will learn to identify personification using nouns and verbs as signal words!

Help your students practice adding hyperbole into their writing.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: An Introduction to Onomatopoeia.

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

Get students thinking figuratively by having them connect their understanding of metaphors and similes to the books they read in class. Students will seek out a metaphor or simile in their reading, consider the quote's context, then explain what they

Students will be rolling with laughter as they read and write their own puns!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Similes with Linking Words.

Engage your students with eggciting wordplay and food puns!

In this worksheet, children will read five sentences, underlining the word that is an example of onomatopoeia.

Students will laugh as they practice using alliteration in this fun writing worksheet.

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