Search Printable Common Core Figurative Language Worksheets

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

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.

Students will learn to identify and interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in writing.

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

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

Discover why an odd-looking tree is known as Africa’s "tree of life" with this reading comprehension worksheet.

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!

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

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!

Meet the curious mongoose Rikki-tikki-tavi in this sixth-grade reading comprehension worksheet adapted from the classic Rudyard Kipling tale.

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.

Learn all about the history of candles with this two-page nonfiction reading worksheet!

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

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

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.

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

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.

Alliteration is a fun way to play with language! Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration

Expand your reader’s knowledge of world folklore with this unique and engaging reading comprehension worksheet! 

These similes got mixed up! With this simile worksheet, students will choose from a selection of words to complete the scrambled similes.

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

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

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