Figurative Writing Printable Worksheets

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!

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

This robot soldier has found something on a Mars exploration that he's taking back home. What is it? Only your imaginative young author can decide.

Mini musicians, get ready for a jukebox adventure back in time! Visit the Library of Congress Jukebox website to hear 5 classic melodies by famous composers.

A fictional story has many parts that require planning. Young writers will love using this planning sheet to plan out their setting, characters, problem, solution, and choose a title.

Read the introduction and conclusion of this story starter, and use his own creativity to finish the story about Fiona's fury.

Learn all about the practice of personification in writing, then try it your hand at it by bringing life to some silly characters in this writing worksheet.

This volcano writing worksheet is a great brainstorm starter and provides a different approach to composition, perfect for research-based writing.

Yum, this paragraph is making me hungry! With this introductory worksheet, your student will learn how to write a paragraph.

Young writers will love using this planning sheet to plan out their very own fairy tale. It includes sections for planning the characters, setting, and three parts of the story.

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

Flex your superhuman writing abilities with a fun prompt! If you could be a superhero, what power would you want to have?

The first half of Dotty's story is here, but the second half is missing! Can your child come up with her own ending to complete the page?

Upper grade students practice using transitions to craft clear and cohesive writing.

Use this creative prompt to peek into your young writer’s imagination and cultivate their writing skills.

Take your pick from this packet of writing prompts which focus on one scene that has lots of possibilities. Is your young storyteller ready?

Feelings and emotions can be a bridge to naming details and helping students identify details to use in their writing.

Play around with word sounds in this figurative language worksheet! Learn to identify assonance and consonance, two common poetic devices.

Use this classic poem by Robert Louis Stevenson to introduce students to onomatopoeia.

Little Easter Bunnies, get out your creative thinking caps and delve into this Easter writing prompt. Can you think up the best Easter egg hunt?

Your child can take her spelling skills to new heights with this space-themed test especially for 4th graders.

Your student must put her creative writing skills to the test to complete the parts of the story that are missing.

Can you finish the analogy? Use this introductory worksheet to learn how to compare similar things using analogy.

What if you discovered a secret passageway in your house! Write a story to tell what you'd do next in that situation.

Story retelling is a wonderful exercise in comprehension and vocabulary use.