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Idioms and Expressions: High or Tall

For Students 5th - 6th
In this idioms activity, students complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about the correct use of idioms with "high" or "tall". Examples: tall tales, high heels, high strung, tall order.
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Idioms Beginning With K

For Students 6th - 7th
In this idioms worksheet, learners complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about the meaning of idioms beginning with K.
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Idioms Beginning With S

For Students 6th - 7th
In this idioms worksheet, students complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive exercise about the meanings of idioms beginning with S.
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Food Idioms

For Students 5th - 6th
In this idioms worksheet, students complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about the meanings of idioms with food names.
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Idioms Beginning With L

For Students 6th - 7th
In this idioms worksheet, students complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about idioms that begin with the letter L.
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Simile and Metaphor (cont.)

For Students 4th - 6th
In this comparison words worksheet, students learn how to use metaphors to compare one thing to another. Students complete 8 metaphors.
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Identifying Figurative Language

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore figurative language. In this Fahrenheit 451 lesson, students read the Bradbury novel. As they read, students note the simile, metaphor, and personification examples that they encounter.
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Every Dog Has Its Day

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the use of imagery in writing. In this writing instructional activity, students create a writing piece that features sensory images without resorting to the use of clichés.
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Metaphors

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this metaphors instructional activity, students practice writing sentences using metaphors. Students are given fifteen adjectives that describe someone and students use a metaphor to write a sentence about the adjective.
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Metaphors

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this figurative language worksheet, students discover what metaphors are as they read a description and then identify the meanings of the metaphors in 7 sentences.
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Simile Crossword Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this simile crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 18 clues to identify the correct terms that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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Similes

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this similes worksheet, students discover what similes are as they read a description and then create 11 similes of their own.
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Onomatopoeia

For Students 5th - 7th
In this figurative language worksheet, students read about onomatopoeia. Students then respond to 25 questions that require them to identify and write their examples of onomatopoeia.
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Pound A Poem

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students participate in various poem-related lessons to learn how they can make a difference in the lives of people they don't know. In this poetry lesson, students discover that this pound a poem competition is about raising money for...
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Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole

For Students 4th - 8th
In this online interactive figurative language worksheet, students respond to 15 fill in the blank questions identifying each sentence as a simile, metaphor, or hyperbole.
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Sensory Image Chart/Unforgettable Settings

For Students 6th - 7th
In these sensory image and settings worksheets, students list a book, author, and passage that contains sensory image for the five different senses. Students also read several passages and answer questions about the settings for each.
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Antarctic Similes

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Antarctic similes worksheet, students review the definition of this type of figurative language and then write 5 similes about Antarctic animals illustrating 1 of them.
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Ladybug Similes

For Students 5th - 6th
In this simile instructional activity, learners review the definition and an example about similes. Students then write five similes about ladybugs, pick out the best one, and then illustrate it.
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English - "as Big As" -similes

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this similes worksheet, students read a selection about similes and complete 10 similes. Students create five similes and write a paragraph using their similes.
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English Skills

For Students 5th - 6th
In this English skills review worksheet, students complete 60 questions pertaining to vowels, word endings, anagrams, parts of speech, proofreading, root words, onomatopoeia and spelling. There is no instruction on the page.
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Animal Similes

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL animal vocabulary activity, students examine pictures of 7 animals. Students read similes that are incomplete; the animal names will be used to make the simile complete. Example: as blind as a (bat).
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Camel Similes

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts activity, students learn that similes compare 2 things using the words like or as. Students write 5 similes about camels and then illustrate one of them.
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Literary Terms Word Search Puzzle

For Students 6th - 9th
For this literary terms worksheet, students define and review ten key literary terms and then locate and circle those ten terms within a word search puzzle for mastery.
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Noisy Words 1-- Animal Noises

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students explore onomatopoeia-- words that sound like what they mean. Students read 20 animal noises and write the name of the animal that makes each of the noises. Example: cock a doodle doo (rooster).