Figurative Language Bundle: Worksheets, Task Cards, Games, Craft Activities

This figurative language bundle of worksheets and activities has everything you need to keep your upper elementary and middle school students engaged as they learn about seven types of figurative language. It includes a PowerPoint, a flipbook, partner plays, games, worksheets, and more! The wide variety of activities in this bundle makes learning figurative language fun and easy! Students love the activities while teachers love the convenience of these no-prep resources that can be used year after year! These figurative language activities can be used for test prep, review, or introduction of the skill.

The following literary devices are featured in this bundle:

→ Simile

→ Metaphor

→ Onomatopoeia

→ Personification

→ Alliteration

→ Hyperbole

→ Idiom

What's included... To gain a better idea of everything included, please check out the individual previews for each resource:

42-slide PowerPoint

• Ideal for introducing this topic to students!
• You have my permission to convert this to Google Slides, if you wish.
• It comes with a matching 4-page companion handout (The companion handout includes both a printable version and a Google Slides version.)

42 Task Cards

• Multiple-Choice Format
• Ideal for test prep!
• You get to choose whether to use the printable version, the Google Slides version, the Google Forms version, or the Easel version.

7 Worksheets

• Each worksheet focuses on one literary device.
• Includes identifying the literary device within sentences and writing examples.
• You choose between the printable version, the Easel version, and the Google Slides version.

Flipbook

• Each tab contains a teaching page and a recording page.
• You get to choose whether to use the printable version, the Easel version, or the Google Slides version.

7 Partner Play Scripts

• Focus on fluency while practicing the skill of identifying figurative language
• After reading each script, students record examples of the highlighted literary device.

4 Worksheets or Craftivity

• Choose between the basic worksheet version or the more colorful craftivity version.
• Four Worksheets: On two worksheets, students read sentences and identify the type of figurative language displayed within each sentence. On worksheet #3, students read a definition and identify the literary device. On the final worksheet, students write their own sentences displaying the given literary device.
• Craftivity version: Students sort pencils (with figurative language sentences) into containers.
• You get to choose whether to use the printable version or the Google version.

Simile/Metaphor I Have Who Has Game

• 29 cards
• You get to choose whether to use the printable format that is played with an entire class or the Google Slides format that can be played individually or with a partner.

Figurative Language I Have Who Has Game

• 28 cards
• You get to choose whether to use the printable format that is played with an entire class or the Google Slides format that can be played individually or with a partner.

Assessment

• 32 items
• You get to choose whether to use the printable version, the Google version, or the Easel version.

8 days of LESSON PLANS

• These plans outline how and when I use each of the included resources! You don't have to follow the lesson plan format I provide, of course, but it might be helpful in providing a bit of direction for you.

Here's what teachers like you have to say about using these figurative language activities with their students:

⭐️ Stephanie J. said, "This is hands down the best and most comprehensive resource for teaching figurative language I have ever used."

⭐️ Cammie P. said, "This is one resource that I use year after year. My students love all of the activities and learn so much from them. The notes are a great resource for them to refer back to when they come across figurative language in their own reading or want to add figurative language to their writing."

⭐️ Christi V. said, "The PowerPoint is very helpful in explaining and breaking down the concept for students. The hands-on activities are engaging and meaningful. I'm definitely a repeat customer and I've seen fantastic results with my class."

⭐️ Sarah R. said, "I love this resource so much and it made planning my figurative language unit a breeze. The Powerpoint was wonderful and my students loved all the activities. They were begging for more figurative language practice."

⭐️ Shannon P. said, "I really wish I had purchased this sooner! It's made teaching/reviewing figurative language this past week a breeze!"

Are you looking for a figurative language intervention resource, or figurative language activities designed to be used with a small group of students? You might want to check out my set of Figurative Language Tri-folds! Click on the links below:

Seven Figurative Language Lessons (compatible with Google Slides)

Seven Figurative Language Printable Trifolds

**Please note: the PowerPoint cannot be edited due to the copyright requirements made by the contributing artists (clip art, font, backgrounds).

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