Search Printable 5th Grade Figurative Language Worksheets

In this engaging reading comprehension worrksheet, learners read an original two-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions.

Children will practice bringing excitement to their writing in this fun language and vocabulary worksheet.

In this mid-year assessment, students will apply their language arts knowledge to a broad set of problems.

This worksheet will help your child understand what similes are, and she'll even get to use her imagination to write some of her own!

Assess your students’ knowledge of the eight most common types of figurative language.

How is a grapefruit like a moon? They are both round! Students will identify which items are being compared in a metaphor, then describe one way they are alike.

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

Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.

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

As quiet as a mouse or as quiet as a cucumber? Kids will learn the definition of a simile, then use pictures as clues to complete the similes.

Use this worksheet to review figurative language! Students will write what they think each idiom on this worksheet means.

If your students need support in matching obscure words with the deeper meaning, invite them to use the clues on this worksheet to match words and phrases with their corresponding meanings.

Introduce your students to vocabulary words that will strengthen their descriptive writing!

Most great stories are exaggerated to make them seem even more exciting or crazy. Help your child understand hyperbole with this fill-in-the-blank activity.

Help your budding wordsmiths develop their figurative language skills with this fun pun activity! This is a great worksheet for students to practice identifying and using homophones as they work to create their very own puns!

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

Children will practice bringing excitement to their writing in this fun language and vocabulary worksheet.

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

Challenge your students to use what they know about idioms to find the double meaning in these silly puns. They will ‘get a kick’ out of it!

Help your students understand figurative language as they practice identifying homonyms!

When your students read this silly poem, they will find examples of hyperbole. Then, they will make a connection to another language concept: superlatives!

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

Having fun with words and sounds! Extend your students’ experience with onomatopoeia by giving them words to sort and asking them to identify how an author could use specific words in their writing.

This resource makes matching idioms as easy as pie! ​Students will pair idioms based on their identical meaning.