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

Kids complete sentences with idioms in this worksheet.

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

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!

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

In this exercise, students will use linking verbs to write metaphors with support.

Play around with word sounds in this figurative language worksheet! Learn to identify assonance and consonance, two common poetic devices.

In this grammar worksheet, learners will enjoy writing what each idiom means figuratively, then drawing a picture to illustrate its meaning.

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

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

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

Your students will have fun identifying the homophones in these hilarious puns!

Children will discover how figurative language can enliven writing in this fun cut-and-paste worksheet.

Students will learn to identify onomatopoeia using a word bank and context clues.

Teach your students about hyperbole using music! First, let them practice interpreting hyperboles. Then, play a song (or provide lyrics) and invite them to listen for an example of hyperbole.

Metaphors are imaginative ways to describe something by comparing that thing to something else. With this worksheet, students will write a metaphor for each pair of given words.

Have some fun with the alphabet as you learn all about alliteration! Create an alliteration for every letter of the alphabet.

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

Kids practice using idioms in this figurative language worksheet.

Use these wacky sentences to help your students recognize alliteration as they read.

Children draw the literal meaning of a few idiomatic expressions as they consider their true social meaning.

Ideal for fourth and fifth graders, this worksheet includes figurative language examples and definitions on the first page, and a second full page of questions and tasks that can be used to check for understanding.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Idioms.

Introduce learners to this fun form of figurative language with this entertaining worksheet.

As your students read these silly limericks, they’ll identify examples of hyperbole.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Idioms.

Help your students practice identifying and writing alliterative sentences

Help your students practice adding hyperbole into their writing.

Silly sentences will have your students smiling! Use this resource with your students to practice writing silly sentences with alliteration.

Oxymorons are seriously fun business! Your fifth graders will have fun making oxymorons by matching contradictory words, as well as crafting unique sentences as they practice using these antithetical phrases in their writing.