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.

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

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

Ooh, onomatopoeia! This is a word that mimics a sound: like the "slurp" of spaghetti, a dog's "woof", or comic book sounds like "crash", "bam" and "bang".

Practice identifying metaphors with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

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!

Have fun with figurative language with these Halloween exaggerations that are sure to spook your students! They will enjoy the chance to write their own hyperboles with these over-the-top sentences.

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

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

Kids complete sentences with idioms in this worksheet.

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

Students will learn about the history of hyperbole in literature and politics.

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

Students will read metaphors and identify how the two things being compared are alike.

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.

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.

Your kids will have fun learning about hyperbole and writing some of their own exaggerations along the way!

Children read a passage from L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, then answer a series of questions in this reading comprehension worksheet.

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

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

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.

Use this activity to help students find and decipher metaphors in the context of short passages. Students will read the passages, record what is being compared in each, and then seek to explain the metaphors' meanings in their own words.

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

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

Search this puzzle for onomatopoeias of animal sounds in other languages! How do they compare to the onomatopoeias you know?

This resource makes matching idioms as easy as pie! ​Students will pair idioms based on their identical meaning.

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

Children will practice bringing excitement to their writing in this fun figurative language worksheet.

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!

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