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

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

Middle school writers practice rewriting sentences using personification to add description and make the sentences more exciting!

This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.

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

This middle school worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of allusion (mythological, biblical, literary, or historical), simile, personification, or metaphor. 

Encourage creativity and critical thinking about the characters in The Hunger Games with this artistic extension activity!

After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, challenge students to think about the symbolism of the costumes in the novel and get creative!

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, give students a chance to think about the significance of the symbols used in the novel.

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

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

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!

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

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

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Halloween-themed metaphors!

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Halloween-themed similes!

Brush up on your figurative language skills this fall season with this engaging metaphors maze!

Invite your learners to practice identifying hyperboles with this fun figurative language maze! 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Take an Earth Day-themed adventure through this figurative language maze!

Celebrate our planet with this Earth Day-themed metaphors maze!