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.

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

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

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

Students will learn to identify and interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in writing.

Become as clever as a fox as you learn to identify and interpret similes and metaphors!

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.

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

Learners discover the magic of figurative language in this reading and writing exercise.

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