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.

What does "when pigs fly" mean if pigs can't really fly? Kids use context clues to learn the meanings of common idioms on this third grade reading worksheet.

Can you tell the difference between a simile and a metaphor? Students will seek to distinguish between—and determine the meanings of—simple similes and metaphors with this multiple choice activity.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Figurative Language.

Alliteration is a fun way to play with language! Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration

Use this resource with your students to practice using context clues to determine the meaning of idioms.

As quiet as a mouse or as quiet as a cucumber? Kids will learn the definition of a simile, then use pictures as clues to complete the similes.

In this two-page worksheet, learners will use context clues to decipher the meaning of idioms used on literal and non-literal contexts.

Children will love coming up with creative drawings that depict common idioms literally in this engaging grammar worksheet.

Search this puzzle for animal onomatopoeias. An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound that it's describing. These words are sounds made by animals!

In this worksheet, learners will practice identifying metaphors as they color in the logs that contain them.

Let's get as silly as a goose with these similes! Students will get creative as they finish simple similes with this introductory worksheet. After they finish, give them a chance to share their favorites with the class!

Children practice identifying and interpreting one type of figurative language, similes, in nine sample sentences.

Kids complete sentences with idioms in this worksheet.

Similes are all around us—sometimes you just need a little context to know how to decipher them! This lighthearted story about a twisted ankle contains two hidden similes. Can your students find them?

After introducing similes, give kids a chance to be creative with this writing activity! Students will have fun comparing all kinds of things of their choosing using the prompts, and you'll love watching them use and grow their figurative language ski

Successful students set sail with alliteration! Use this resource with your students to practice writing sentences using alliteration.

Use this worksheet to review figurative language! Students will write what they think each idiom on this worksheet means.

Use this worksheet to teach your students to write compound sentences with the support of sentence frames as they differentiate between literal and nonliteral meanings of idioms. Don’t forget the context clues!

Alliteration is a type of figurative language that is often used in poetry. Use this classic poem with your students to practice identifying alliteration in context.

Introduce your students to some common English idioms and their meanings.

Your students will infer the meaning of unknown figurative language examples by using context clues.

Metaphors are imaginative ways to describe something by comparing that thing to something else. With this worksheet, students will write a metaphor for each pair of given words.

This worksheet is a beast! That's a metaphor, and your child will be writing their own metaphors in no time, then they can use them in a poem.

In this grammar worksheet, learners will enjoy writing what each idiom means figuratively, then drawing a picture to illustrate its meaning.

Children draw the literal meaning of a few idiomatic expressions as they consider their true social meaning.

This exercise will get your students inferring the meaning of unknown metaphors.