Figurative Language in Poetry - Worksheets, Practice, Activities with Poems

This figurative language resource contains 24 no prep worksheets to help your students practice reading, understanding, and writing figurative language in poetry - poems included!

This resource covers the following types of figurative language within poetry:

• similes
• metaphors
• alliteration
• personification
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

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There are 4 practice activities / worksheets for each type of figurative language. 3 of the pages have poems that include figurative language, and questions to help students analyze and understand the poems. There is an additional page to help students write their own poetry that includes figurative language.

A student reference sheet is included that provides a short, student friendly definition as well as an example for each type of figurative language included in this resource.

Use these no prep worksheets for figurative language review, centers, homework, morning work, independent practice, a distance learning packet, and more in your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade classroom. You can also use these for small group reading instruction using the I Do, We Do, You Do model.

The poems are short and make a good introduction to figurative language within poetry. A variety of activities and questions are included.

A rubric is also included to help you easily assess your students' understanding of figurative language within poetry.

These poetry worksheets are self-explanatory and could be completed by students independently in a distance learning packet if your students have already been introduced to the different types of figurative language.

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