Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Similes with Linking Words.

Glossary: Using Adjectives and Similes to Describe.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Sense of Metaphors.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Similes with Linking Words.

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

Give kids a chance to think creatively about metaphors by letting them write their own! Students will stretch their imaginations and figurative language skills as they think of ways to describe their class, bedroom, and more.

Are you as quick as lightning? Learn about similes with this fun activity. Pick a simile and draw a picture to represent it.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Using Adjectives and Similes to Describe.

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

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.

Get students thinking figuratively by having them connect their understanding of metaphors and similes to the books they read in class. Students will seek out a metaphor or simile in their reading, consider the quote's context, then explain what they

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

How is a grapefruit like a moon? They are both round! Students will identify which items are being compared in a metaphor, then describe one way they are alike.

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

In this worksheet, students will read Carl Sandburg's poem "Fog," then analyze the poem for figurative language.

Students will practice creating sentences using both like and as, filling in the blanks with figurative language of their own.

Take an Earth Day-themed adventure through this figurative language maze!

These similes got mixed up! With this simile worksheet, students will choose from a selection of words to complete the scrambled similes.

How many similies can you find in this Christmas poem? Get into the holiday spirit with a holiday classic, "The Night Before Christmas"!

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

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

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?

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

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

Young writers will work with animal metaphors as they plan and craft a poem about someone they know.

Writing similes is as easy as pie! Help your fourth grader learn what a simile is with this fun worksheet.

Help your writers develop a voice with this worksheet. Challenge them to think about ways to express themselves with language, phrases, idioms, similes, and word choice.

In this reading and writing worksheet about the poem “A Nation’s Strength” by William Ralph Emerson, students will use their understanding of figurative language to identify and define metaphors and difficult vocabulary.

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

Invite learners to practice identifying examples of hyperbole with this fun Earth Day maze!