8th Grade Figurative Language Worksheets

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

Help students learn and remember key types of figurative language with this convenient handout!

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with this worksheet featuring summer-themed similes!

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

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

Students read a two-page adaptation of "The Gift of the Magi" and dig deep into the figurative language and literary devices of this classic story!

Introduce students to the classic poem “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

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

Learners will have fun honing their language and grammar skills with this fall-themed figurative language maze!

In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.

Introduce readers to the poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Examine the theme of beauty while reading and analyzing two different poems in this two-page worksheet for middle grades! 

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

Give your students experience with reading and analyzing primary sources with this powerful excerpt from the memoir of Frederick Douglass.

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

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Valentine's Day-themed similes!

Introduce readers to the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Give your learners fun practice identifying hyperboles with this sweet figurative language maze.

Invite your learners to practice identifying hyperboles with this fun figurative language maze! 

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

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

Middle school writers practice rewriting sentences using personification to add description and make the sentences more exciting!

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

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

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

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this eighth-grade worksheet!

After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, challenge students to think about the symbolism of the costumes in the novel and get creative!

Brush up on your figurative language skills this fall season with this engaging metaphors maze!

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Halloween-themed similes!

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