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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Put your creative side to work with this fun writing activity!

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!

Use foreshadowing to guess what will happen on this train ride!

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

Learn the uses of symbolic settings with this figurative language worksheet!

Explore different biomes on your quest to interpret literary symbols!

Students will learn about the history of hyperbole in literature and politics.