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

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

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

Learn about common patterns in storytelling with this middle-grade worksheet!

Practice identifying hyperboles in this spring-themed maze designed for middle-grade students!

Let your figurative language skills blossom with this middle-grade springtime metaphor maze! 

Strengthen reading comprehension and literary analysis skills with this sixth through eighth grade foreshadowing worksheet!

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

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

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

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

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

Listen to burgers sizzle and rain patter in this camping-themed onomatopoeia worksheet, designed for fourth and fifth graders!

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

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

Students make connections between classic and modern literature by identifying shared character archetypes found in each.

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

Identify irony in context in this helpful worksheet!

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.

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

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

Learn onomatopoeia while you experience an exciting video game quest!

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

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

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

Have a laugh (or a groan) with this fun figurative language worksheet all about puns!

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

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

Have your learners practice identifying hyperboles with this fun figurative language maze.

Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.