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Reading Comprehension: No Sudden Moves
Reading Comprehension: No Sudden Moves
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Reading Comprehension: No Sudden Moves
In this engaging reading comprehension worrksheet, learners read an original two-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
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Figurative Language Practice
Figurative Language Practice
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Figurative Language Practice
Students will learn to identify and interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in writing.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Similes: Easy as Pie
Similes: Easy as Pie
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Similes: Easy as Pie
If someone loses their glasses, are they as blind as a bee or a bat? This fill-in-the-blank worksheet introduces your child to popular similes.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Reading Poetry: The Road Not Taken
Reading Poetry: The Road Not Taken
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Reading Poetry: The Road Not Taken
Help students hone reading comprehension skills and techniques with this classic Robert Frost poem.
6th grade
Reading & Writing
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Figurative Language: Figure It Out!
Figurative Language: Figure It Out!
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Figurative Language: Figure It Out!
Assess your students’ knowledge of the eight most common types of figurative language.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
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Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #1
Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #1
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Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #1
Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
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Examples of Hyperbole! Part 1
Examples of Hyperbole! Part 1
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Examples of Hyperbole! Part 1
Children will practice bringing excitement to their writing in this fun language and vocabulary worksheet.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
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Informational Reading Comprehension: Baobab, Tree of Life
Informational Reading Comprehension: Baobab, Tree of Life
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Informational Reading Comprehension: Baobab, Tree of Life
Discover why an odd-looking tree is known as Africa’s "tree of life" with this reading comprehension worksheet.
6th grade
Reading & Writing
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Mixed Review Language Arts Assessment
Mixed Review Language Arts Assessment
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Mixed Review Language Arts Assessment
In this mid-year assessment, students will apply their language arts knowledge to a broad set of problems.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Simile or Metaphor
Simile or Metaphor
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Simile or Metaphor
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.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
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Analyzing Poetry: Jabberwocky
Analyzing Poetry: Jabberwocky
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Analyzing Poetry: Jabberwocky
Introduce students to the classic poem “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!
7th grade
Reading & Writing
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Scrambled Similes
Scrambled Similes
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Scrambled Similes
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!
5th grade
Reading & Writing
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Figurative Language in Context #1
Figurative Language in Context #1
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Figurative Language in Context #1
This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.
6th grade
Reading & Writing
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Extended Reading Comprehension: The Gift of the Magi
Extended Reading Comprehension: The Gift of the Magi
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Extended Reading Comprehension: The Gift of the Magi
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!
7th grade
Reading & Writing
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Figurative Language: Identifying Alliteration
Figurative Language: Identifying Alliteration
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Figurative Language: Identifying Alliteration
Alliteration is a fun way to play with language! Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Reading Comprehension: Rikki-tikki-tavi
Reading Comprehension: Rikki-tikki-tavi
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Reading Comprehension: Rikki-tikki-tavi
Meet the curious mongoose Rikki-tikki-tavi in this sixth-grade reading comprehension worksheet adapted from the classic Rudyard Kipling tale.
6th grade
Reading & Writing
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Hyperbole in Poetry
Hyperbole in Poetry
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Hyperbole in Poetry
This poem offers a fun, memorable example for students as they learn to interpret figurative language in works of poetry and literature.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
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Idioms: A Figure of Speech
Idioms: A Figure of Speech
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Idioms: A Figure of Speech
What does "when pigs fly" mean if pigs can't really fly? Kids use context clues to learn the meanings of common idioms on this third grade reading worksheet.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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What Is Personification?
What Is Personification?
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What Is Personification?
Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.
6th grade
Reading & Writing
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Metaphors
Metaphors
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Metaphors
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.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Informational Reading Comprehension: History of the Candle
Informational Reading Comprehension: History of the Candle
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Informational Reading Comprehension: History of the Candle
Learn all about the history of candles with this two-page nonfiction reading worksheet!
6th grade
Reading & Writing
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Compare and Contrast in Poetry: “January” and “The Wind”
Compare and Contrast in Poetry: “January” and “The Wind”
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Compare and Contrast in Poetry: “January” and “The Wind”
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.
7th grade
Reading & Writing
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Review: Metaphors and Similes
Review: Metaphors and Similes
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Review: Metaphors and Similes
Learners discover the magic of figurative language in this reading and writing exercise.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Figurative Language: Idioms
Figurative Language: Idioms
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Figurative Language: Idioms
Use this resource with your students to practice using context clues to determine the meaning of idioms.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Figurative Language: Alliteration in Poetry
Figurative Language: Alliteration in Poetry
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Figurative Language: Alliteration in Poetry
Alliteration is a type of figurative language that is often used in poetry. Use this classic poem with your students to practice identifying alliteration in context.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Search Printable Figurative Language Worksheets

Figurative language is an essential part of English fluency, and these figurative language worksheets make it easy for students to learn all the basic building blocks. Teacher-created for students from first to fifth grade, our figurative language worksheets help to strengthen your students' descriptive vocabulary and introduce concepts like similes and metaphors, hyperbole, idioms, and much more!