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

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

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

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.

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

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

Students will practice creating sentences using both like and as, filling in the blanks with figurative language of their own.

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

Help your writers develop a voice with this worksheet. Challenge them to think about ways to express themselves with language, phrases, idioms, similes, and word choice.

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

Use this worksheet to review figurative language! Students will write what they think each idiom on this worksheet means.

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.