Middle School Figurative Language Resources

Help students learn and remember key types of figurative language with this convenient handout!

Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this eighth-grade worksheet! 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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