Predict what will happen during the championship game with this middle-grade worksheet all about foreshadowing!

This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this middle grades worksheet! 

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

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

Learn onomatopoeia while you experience an exciting video game quest!

Bring opposites together to form oxymorons in this worksheet on figurative language!

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

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

Write an eloquent, nature-inspired personification poem with this guided worksheet for seventh graders!

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

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

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

Don’t let allusions be your Achilles’ heel—practice interpreting and writing them with this seventh- and eighth-grade worksheet!

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