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Common Core State Standards demand that students identify figurative language techniques . This means that your standardized test is likely to question figurative language knowledge. Students can prepare for this through repeated exposure to figurative language. You can do this by studying figurative language poems , activities , or the worksheets on this page.

These worksheets will give students rapid fire practice with figurative language techniques. Not only must students identify the techniques, they must explain their answers. This approach forces students to consider their answers. It also helps teachers identify misunderstandings.

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I just stumbles upon this sight when I was browsing the web for figurative language worksheets. Thank you for those. But I am writing you to give you a BIG KUDOS for the Figurative Language ORPHEUS game. Yes my kids play kahoot….. but THIS GAME had them sooo excited. I can’t thank you enough and only wish I had discovered the site sooner.

That’s awesome. Check out the Poetry Cat game too! I think they will like that.

Is there an Answer Key for the Figurative Language Test 1? I would like to use this for helping my students.

Figurative language Worksheet 1 #2 is in need of correction. The quote provided is an example of onomatopoeia, which is not one of the choices. “Drip—hiss—drip—hiss fall the raindrops / on the oaken log which burns, and steams, and smokes the ceiling beams. / Drip—hiss—the rain never stops.”

We assumed here that the presence of another technique is simply beyond the scope of the question.

We’re sticking to the thought question (to match with the provided answers) and discussing what else we think we find (if we do).

We spotted this ‘bonus’ technique also.

This question does contain onomatopoeia. And you can definitely discuss and share that.

It also contains hyperbole.

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Figurative language Worksheet 1 #1 must have the second line of the poem for it to be considered a simile. “Like burnt-out torches by a sick man’s bed Gaunt cypress-trees stand round the sun-bleached stone;” The “burnt-out torches” and cypress trees are being compared, as are the sick man’s bed and Shelley’s “sun-bleached” grave stone. Please see Wilde’s poem, “The Grave of Shelley”.

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This worksheet is perfect for assessing children's understanding of similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration and onomatopoeia. There are a variety of questions — children are first asked to fill in the gaps of technique definitions, then to select the technique used in each sentence, and finally to rewrite sentences using specific techniques.

Using the answer sheet, children can mark their own work or discuss their answers together.

• Key Stage: Key Stage 2
• Subject: English
• Topic: Author's Techniques
• Topic Group: Reading
• Year(s): Years 5-6
• Media Type: PDF
• Resource Type: Worksheet
• Last Updated: 23/10/2023
• Resource Code: E2WAE28
• Curriculum Point(s): Understand what they read by identifying how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning. Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader.

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Figurative Language Lesson Bundle for KS2

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Five figurative language lessons which combined create a unit of work. This resource is linked to the following English national curriculum reading comprehension objectives: • Discussing words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination (Year 3 and 4) • Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader (Year 5 and 6) This resource is also useful for helping pupils to understand how to use figurative language in their own writing. The bundle contains lessons on the following figurative language techniques: • Similes and metaphors • Personification • Onomatopoeia • Hyperbole • Idioms

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Each PPT lesson contains: • Clear explanation • Examples of the use of the figurative language technique • Three activities which require pupils to demonstrate their understanding of and use the figurative language technique • Reflection questions enabling pupils to recap and consolidate their understanding at the end of the lesson The PPTs are fully editable giving you the flexibility to adjust aspects of the lesson to suit the needs of your pupils if required.

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What is figurative language?

Language can be literal (obvious, plainly stated, communicates exactly what is meant) and figurative (suggests and infers meaning, rather than simply stating it).

Literal language is a feature of non-fiction texts; figurative language is more commonly used in fiction and poetry .

Figurative language uses figures of speech to give a text more richness and depth, often comparing things to other things to create an image in the reader's mind.

Figurative language in primary school

There are many different forms of figurative language; in Key Stage 2 English your child is likely to be introduced to the following:

Simile A simile is a comparison phrase which finds similar characteristics in two objects and compares them, always by using the words 'like' or 'as'. For example:  

Metaphor A metaphor is a comparison which is not literally true. It suggests what something is like by comparing it with something else with similar characteristics. It is like a simile, but instead of using 'like' or 'as' it compares by suggesting that something is something else. For example:  

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Personification Personification is a type of figurative language which gives an object human characteristics (emotions, sensations, speech, physical movements). For example:  

Onomatopoeia This is when a word makes the sound of the thing it describes (for example: boom, honk, pop, crack, cuckoo, crack, splat, tweet, zoom, sizzle, whizz, buzz, hiss, rip).

Hyperbole This is when exaggeration is used for effect. For example:  

Figurative language teaching in KS2

The 2014 literacy national curriculum states the following as objectives for Years 5 and 6:  

• Pupils should be taught to discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader.
• Pupils should plan their writing by... considering how authors have developed characters and settings in what pupils have read, listened to or seen performed.

This means that in Year 5 and Year 6 teachers will draw children's attention to the various types of figurative language explained above. They will then encourage children to use these forms of language in their own writing .

Teachers often introduce children to simile and onomatopoeia in Year 3 or 4 and then may introduce metaphor, personification and hyperbole in Year 5 or 6.

It is usually best for children to work for some time on one particular form of figurative language . When learning about similes, for example, classroom activities might include the following:  

• The teacher might spend one or two lessons encouraging children to find similes in the poetry they are reading.
• The children might then spend another two lessons writing their own similes.  
• The teacher might encourage them to improve their similes by adding extra information. For example, if a child wrote: 'The girl's hair as yellow as the sun' they might be encouraged to add extra adjectives , such as: 'The girl's hair was as bright yellow as the shining sun.'

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Free Figurative Language Story

Subject: English

Age range: 7-11

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A free original reading passage for teaching and reviewing figurative language: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and allusion.

If you like this free example then check out similar stories with their answers at:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Figurative-Language-Stories-Close-Reading-for-Common-Core-Grades-4-8-5241470

https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/figurative-language-stories-close-reading-for-national-curriculum-school-years-4-9-9-14-years-12249618

These activities are perfect for weekly homework, daily/bell work, classwork, review, test prep, or assessment.

Task A: Identify Figurative Language - Read the story and annotate (highlight or underline and label) figurative language; includes a checklist of what students should find. There are between 10+ instances of figurative language in each passage.

Task B: Analyze Figurative Language - Students answer higher-order thinking questions based on the figurative language used in the story.

Task C: Modify Figurative Language - Students choose 5 instances of figurative language from the story and modify them so that figurative language still keeps its basic original meaning.

Task D: Revise Figurative Language - Students revise the paragraph based on the changes they made in Task C.

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Teaching idioms and hyperbole go hand-in-hand. Use these worksheets to teach kids about expressions that cannot be taken literally.

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