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

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

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

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

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

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

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!