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

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

Your students will have fun identifying the homophones in these hilarious puns!

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

In this worksheet, children read Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale The Snowdrop, reimagined here as a drama.

Students will read metaphors and identify how the two things being compared are alike.

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.

Challenge your students to find the definitions of each homograph that give these puns their double meaning.

If your students need more practice with onomatopoeia, this worksheet will provide them with examples of common animal sounds and related contexts.

Children read a passage from L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, then answer a series of questions in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Students will learn common animal sound words in different languages!

Puns offer kids the chance to have fun with figurative language! Your students will giggle as they find homophones in each of these silly puns.

As your students read these silly limericks, they’ll identify examples of hyperbole.

Get plenty of practice with alliteration by identifying and creating alliterative sentences.

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

Students will learn to identify personification using nouns and verbs as signal words!

Introduce your students to visual puns with these fun images! Then, challenge them to come up with their own visual puns.

EL students will read similes and identify how the two things being compared are alike.