Word Meanings Worksheets To Print:
Determine the Meaning of Metaphors – Find and circle the metaphor in each sentence.
Oxymorons – You got to remember "Jumbo Shrimp"! That is one of my favorites.
What Did You Just Say? – See if you decipher what each sentence is trying to tell you.
My Grandfather – We work to identify hyperboles and metaphors in the story about grandpa.
The Big Chase – Man! That Fluffy is a fast one.
Personification – Personification means to give human qualities to an object or an animal.
What's the Weather? – Wendy the Weather Girl secretly wants to be a poet.
Literal or Figurative? – Write an L for literal or an F for figurative beside each sentence. If the sentence contains figurative language, then write the meaning on the line below it.
Determining Meaning in Poetry – An allusion is a brief, indirect reference to a person, place, thing or quality, often from a story.
Metaphor | Simile | Personification | Hyperbole – Identify each use of figurative language.
Underlining Idioms – Underline the idiom, then "translate" it into everyday speech.
Completing Idioms – Fill in the blank for each idiom, choosing from the words provided. Then match each idiom to its meaning.
Chuck's Luck – It was Chuck's first day at a new school and he was as excited as a kid at Christmas.
All the World's an Ocean – There are five incidences of figurative language in this article. Identify each, what kind of figurative language it is, and what it means.
But What Are We Really Saying?– There are many examples of the way we use everyday language that reveal that there are certain metaphors underlying how we look at life.
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