Children are introduced to Tennyson the Turtle, a reptile who likes to use metaphors and similes, in this appealing worksheet!

Make writing magical with metaphors! Beginning writers can practice creating their own metaphors with this sheet as a guide.

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

Students will learn to identify and interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in writing.

Students will read metaphors and identify how the two things being compared are alike.

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

Use this activity to help students find and decipher metaphors in the context of short passages. Students will read the passages, record what is being compared in each, and then seek to explain the metaphors' meanings in their own words.

EL students will read similes and identify how the two things being compared are alike.

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!

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.

As quiet as a mouse or as quiet as a cucumber? Kids will learn the definition of a simile, then use pictures as clues to complete the similes.

Help your EL students use linking words to write similes!

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Sense of Metaphors.

This worksheet is a slam dunk for metaphors! Your young writer will learn what makes up a metaphor, and then practice making a few of their own.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Similes with Linking Words.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Sense of Metaphors.

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

Give kids a chance to think creatively about metaphors by letting them write their own! Students will stretch their imaginations and figurative language skills as they think of ways to describe their class, bedroom, and more.

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

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