5th - 8th Grade Figurative Language Resources

If your students need support in matching obscure words with the deeper meaning, invite them to use the clues on this worksheet to match words and phrases with their corresponding meanings.

Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!

Help students learn and remember key types of figurative language with this convenient handout!

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

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with this worksheet featuring summer-themed similes!

BOOM! This worksheet is full of all kinds of sound-based words, from creaks to squeaks.

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

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

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

Students read a two-page adaptation of "The Gift of the Magi" and dig deep into the figurative language and literary devices of this classic story!

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

Introduce your students to eight common types of figurative language with this colorful exercise.

This worksheet will help your child understand what similes are, and she'll even get to use her imagination to write some of her own!

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

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Valentine's Day-themed similes!

Introduce readers to the poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.

Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.

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

Give your students experience with reading and analyzing primary sources with this powerful excerpt from the memoir of Frederick Douglass.

Examine the theme of beauty while reading and analyzing two different poems in this two-page worksheet for middle grades! 

Give your learners fun practice identifying hyperboles with this sweet figurative language maze.

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

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

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

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