1st - 8th Grade Figurative Language Resources

If your students need support in matching obscure words with the deeper meaning, invite them to use the clues on this worksheet to match words and phrases with their corresponding meanings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Students will learn to identify and interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in writing.

BOOM! This worksheet is full of all kinds of sound-based words, from creaks to squeaks.

Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.

If someone loses their glasses, are they as blind as a bee or a bat? This fill-in-the-blank worksheet introduces your child to popular similes.

Students read a two-page adaptation of "The Gift of the Magi" and dig deep into the figurative language and literary devices of this classic story!

Introduce students to the classic poem “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

This worksheet will help your child understand what similes are, and she'll even get to use her imagination to write some of her own!

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

Assess your students’ knowledge of the eight most common types of figurative language.

Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!

Children will practice bringing excitement to their writing in this fun language and vocabulary worksheet.

Introduce your students to eight common types of figurative language with this colorful exercise.

Introduce readers to the poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Children are introduced to Tennyson the Turtle, a reptile who likes to use metaphors and similes, in this appealing worksheet!

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