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Figurative Language: What Is It? WorksheetFigurative Language: What Is It? Worksheet
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6th - 8th
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English Language Arts
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Figurative Language: What Is It?

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"Lucky lady." "Straight as an arrow." Here's a figurative language worksheet that provides middle schoolers with six examples and asks them to identify the literary device modeled.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

metaphors, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, alliteration, hyperbole, similes

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Have groups design their own figurative language worksheets and exchange with other groups

Classroom Considerations

  • The worksheet presumes kids are familiar with all the literary terms listed

Pros

  • An answer key is provided

Cons

  • Multiple answers are possible for several of the prompts 

Common Core

L.11-12.5.a

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