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Learners will use their background knowledge and sentence-based context clues to determine the meaning of common allusions.

Learners use their background knowledge and sentence-based context clues to determine the meaning of more common allusions.

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

Let the cold winter wind guide you to personification mastery with this fourth- through sixth-grade worksheet! 

Let spring blossoms teach you a lesson on personification in this cheery worksheet!

Read and answer comprehension questions about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's classic narrative poem "Paul Revere’s Ride."

May the summer sun smile upon you as you complete this personification worksheet for fourth, fifth, and sixth graders!

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

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

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

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

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this eighth-grade worksheet!

Give your students experience with reading and analyzing primary sources with this powerful excerpt from the memoir of Frederick Douglass.

After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, challenge students to think about the symbolism of the costumes in the novel and get creative!

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, give students a chance to think about the significance of the symbols used in the novel.

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

Introduce readers to the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” by American poet Walt Whitman with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet! 

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

Fall for figurative language with this engaging worksheet that helps students master the art of personification!

Collect examples of personification as you read with this helpful worksheet!

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

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

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