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

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

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.

Use context clues to guess the meaning of idioms in this figurative language worksheet!

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.

Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!

Explore figurative language fun with this engaging worksheet!

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

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