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

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

This poem offers a fun, memorable example for students as they learn to interpret figurative language in works of poetry and literature.

Don’t let allusions be your white whale; master them with the help of this middle school worksheet!

Encourage creativity and critical thinking about the characters in The Hunger Games with this artistic extension activity!

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

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

Fall for figurative language with this engaging worksheet that helps students master the art of personification!

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

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

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

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

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

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