Figurative language activities

Teaching Figurative Language can be fun and meaningful for your students. Teaching figurative language through poetry can make it even better! Here are my best tips for teaching similes, metaphors, idioms, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, imagery, alliteration, and personification.

Are students unmotivated to learn or try figurative language? Are they bored of terms or unwilling to put pen to paper? Then you need to host your own Figurative Language Tasting! This activity will have students excitedly writing down thoughtful images while building their writing confidence. Click to learn how to create and use this lesson in your classroom! #itslitteaching #creativewriting #figurativelanguage #highschoolenglish #secondaryela

Use these creative assignments and activities for teaching students to locate, analyze, and evaluate the use of figurative language in text.

Teaching figurative language terms can be boring. So here are some engaging, hands-on figurative language activities for your class!

Figurative language is the sparkle in the gem of writing. Figurative language adds richness to expressive writing and is an essential skill for students

Save time searching for videos to teach figurative language! These top 5 videos will engage your students in identifying and analyzing figurative language and sound devices. Pop songs and movie clips grab students' attention. TeachingELAwithJoy.com #figurativelanguage #middleschoolela

Finding exciting and creative ways to teach figurative language can help children better understand how it is used in everyday life. Upper elementary school

A figurative language anchor chart is a great resource to use to teach young students about the different types of figurative language.