Literary Devices
Literary devices include types of figurative language, such as similes and metaphors, as well as other writing techniques and tools such as foreshadowing, imagery, and alliteration.
Practice identifying figurative language and interpreting figures of speech in context. Worksheet includes the six main kinds of figurative language: idiom, metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, and allusion.
4th through 8th Grades
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Improve your writing and develop your author's voice by using figures of speech! Learn about the main kinds of figurative language with a table of definitions and examples, then rewrite a sentence two different ways, using a different kind of figure of speech each time.
4th through 8th Grades
With this worksheet, students will read examples of figurative language and identify which type it is. They will also tell what it means.
4th through 8th Grades
Identify the type of figurative language being used on each of the task cards. Four choices are given to help students narrow it down.
4th through 8th Grades
Students will read examples of figurative language and determine what they mean with these task cards.
4th through 8th Grades
This printable anchor chart includes definitions and examples for various types of figurative language. Examples of an allusion, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, idiom, and simile are provided.
4th through 8th Grades
What is an allusion? Any reference to another text, person, event, or other bit of outside knowledge that adds meaning by association. With this free allusion tracking log, which includes a definition and spaces for citing and interpreting allusions in context, students will master allusions in no time!
6th through 8th Grades
Students are given seven topics to personify with their own sentences. This free personification worksheet also includes an explanation and example of personification at the top of the page.
3rd through 8th Grades
Cut out the 20 sentences and sort them into two groups: containing personification and not containing personification.
3rd through 8th Grades
Fill in the blank with the word that adds personification to each sentence! The worksheet includes a definition at the top of the page to remind students what personification means.
3rd through 8th Grades
In the first part of this worksheet, students will match items with the most appropriate personification for them. Then they will explain what two examples of personification mean and write an example of personification describing weather.
3rd through 8th Grades
Practice identifying personification with this worksheet. Circle what is being personified, and underline the description that makes the personification.
3rd through 8th Grades
With this worksheet, students will both identify and interpret the meaning of examples of personification. They will circle the thing being personified, underline the description that personifies it, and then write what the figurative language means.
3rd through 8th Grades
With these task cards, students will have to look at examples of personification and identify what is being personified, as well as what humanlike quality is being used to describe it. They will also have to explain what different examples of personification mean or suggest.
3rd through 8th Grades
Read this poem about personification and answer the questions that follow. Examples of personification are given, as are opportunities for students to write their own sentences with personification.
3rd through 5th Grades
Keep track of examples of personification you come across in your reading with this handy log. Make sure to cite the title, author, and page number of the work where you found the example.
3rd through 8th Grades
Check out our full collection of simile worksheets, metaphor worksheets, and worksheets containing both.
Idiom WorksheetsTeach your students how to identify and interpret common idioms using the poems and worksheets on this page.
Hyperbole WorksheetsClick here for our hyperbole resources, including a special poem and worksheets where students can practice making exaggerated statements of their own.
