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

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

Explore figurative language in context with this personification worksheet designed for fifth through eigth graders! 

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

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

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

Collect examples of personification as you read with this helpful worksheet!

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

Identify irony in context in this helpful worksheet!

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

Practice using personification with this autumnal worksheet created for fifth through eighth graders!

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

Don’t let allusions be your white whale; master them with the help of this middle school worksheet!

Introduce readers to the poem “I like to see it lap the Miles” by beloved American poet Emily Dickinson.

Explore different biomes on your quest to interpret literary symbols!

Become as clever as a fox as you learn to identify and interpret similes and metaphors!

Don’t let allusions be your Achilles’ heel—practice interpreting and writing them with this seventh- and eighth-grade worksheet!

Strengthen reading comprehension and literary analysis skills with this sixth through eighth grade foreshadowing worksheet!

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

Put your creative side to work with this fun writing 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.

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

Write an eloquent, nature-inspired personification poem with this guided worksheet for seventh graders!

Middle school students will uncover the blueprints of every legendary tale as they learn, identify, and draw symbols for six different plot archetypes!

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