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

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.

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

Help your EL students use linking words to write similes!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Your students will have fun identifying the homophones in these hilarious puns!

Having fun with words and sounds! Extend your students’ experience with onomatopoeia by giving them words to sort and asking them to identify how an author could use specific words in their writing.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

Help your students understand figurative language as they practice identifying homonyms!

What do you call a pig that does karate? A pork chop! This figurative language worksheet gives your students a chance to create art to represent puns. Kids will have fun reading the puns and making their own illustrations to accompany them!

Use this awfully good worksheet about using an oxymoron to inspire creative writing.

Many idioms are a dime a dozen. Give kids a chance to flex their figurative language skills and creativity by having them write and illustrate their very own idioms. Students will find that time really does fly when they're having fun!

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

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

In this fun worksheet, students will get to practice using both homophones and homonyms as they identify and write puns!

Students will get even better at creating punny sentences as they use homonyms!

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