5th and 6th Grade Figurative Language Worksheets

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.

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!

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

BOOM! This worksheet is full of all kinds of sound-based words, from creaks to squeaks.

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

Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!

Introduce your students to eight common types of figurative language with this colorful exercise.

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

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

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

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

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!

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.

This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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!