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

Get ready, this activity transforms middle school students into experts at understanding and decoding characters in all their favorite stories!

Middle school students will become masters at decoding characters in their favorite stories after they complete this activity!

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

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

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

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

Unmask the cast of every story with this worksheet for middle schoolers on character archetypes!

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 identifying similes like a seasoned expert with this fun, spring-themed maze!

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

Practice identifying hyperboles in this spring-themed maze designed for middle-grade students!

Learn about common patterns in storytelling with this middle-grade worksheet!

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

Discover the roadmap for your favorite stories with this middle-grade worksheet on plot archetypes!

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

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

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

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

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

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