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!

Students make connections between classic and modern literature by identifying shared character archetypes found in each.

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

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

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.

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

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

Get a taste of verbal irony with this figurative language worksheet in which students study the definitions and examples of sarcasm, exaggeration, and understatement.

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.

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.

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this middle grades worksheet! 

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

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.

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

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.

Have your learners practice identifying hyperboles with this fun, seasonal figurative language maze.

Use these wacky sentences to help your students recognize alliteration as they read.

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.

Introduce learners to this fun form of figurative language with this entertaining worksheet.

As your students read these silly limericks, they’ll identify examples of hyperbole.

Help your students practice adding hyperbole into their writing.

Oxymorons are seriously fun business! Your fifth graders will have fun making oxymorons by matching contradictory words, as well as crafting unique sentences as they practice using these antithetical phrases in their writing.

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