Description
Figurative Language Activities and Task Cards BUNDLE:
This Figurative Language Activities and Task Cards BUNDLE is the perfect tool for 3rd-6th grade teachers to help students master eight figures of speech: hyperbole, similes and metaphors, idioms, proverbs and adages, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and puns. With over 340 pages of instructional materials, task cards, worksheets, and answer keys, this bundle offers a comprehensive, engaging way to teach figurative language in the classroom. Available as a PDF and Google Slides version, this bundle is perfect for whole-class instruction, small groups, or literacy centers.
These are the links to the individual products:
- FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #1: HYPERBOLES
- FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #2: SIMILES AND METAPHORS
- FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #3: IDIOMS
- FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #4: PROVERBS AND ADAGES
- FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #5: PERSONIFICATION
- FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #6: ALLITERATION
- FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #7: ONOMATOPOEIA
- FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #8: PUNS
Descriptions of each Figurative Language Activity are as follows:
HYPERBOLE ACTIVITIES:
This hyperbole activity for 3rd-6th grade is perfect for students learning figures of speech. You will find anchor charts with sample hyperboles, task cards, and worksheets.
This file includes the following:
- Four hyperbole instructional pages and examples
- 36 task cards (students identify the hyperbole on 12 cards, finish hyperbole sentences on 12 cards, and create 12 hyperboles from regular sentences)
- Three activity pages
- Answer sheets
- Answer keys where appropriate
SIMILES AND METAPHORS ACTIVITIES:
This simile and metaphor worksheet, task cards, and activity pack is for 3rd-6th grade. Use it for whole-class figurative language instruction, literacy stations or centers, or small-group work. These figurative language activities are fun and educational.
This file includes the following:
- Four instructional sheets
- 36 task cards with varying student requirements
- A task card answer sheet
- Task card answer key
- Three worksheets (answers on the worksheets will vary)
IDIOMS ACTIVITIES:
Everything you need to give students a fun opportunity to learn all about idioms.
These idiom worksheets, task cards, and activities product were created for 3rd-6th grade and include the following:
- Two instructional pages
- Five full pages of common idioms and their meanings (67 idioms included)
- 36 task cards with three different question types
- One answer sheet
- One task card answer key
- Two printable activity pages
- One page for a whole-class idioms game
PROVERBS AND ADAGES ACTIVITIES:
This proverbs and adages figurative language activity for 3rd-6th grade is perfect for teachers who need task cards, sample proverbs, their meanings, and worksheets!
This file includes the following:
- Two instructional pages
- Seven pages of common proverbs and adages
- 24 task cards
- An answer sheet
- An answer key
- Three activity sheets
Per standards, this packet does NOT focus on the difference between proverbs and adages, but instead on their contextual meaning.
PERSONIFICATION ACTIVITIES:
These personification activities are perfect for teachers who want 3rd-6th graders to better understand how personification enhances written and spoken language.
This product includes the following:
- Three instructional pages
- A personification word list (2 pages with over 150 words) for common human traits and actions that can be used to personify writing
- 36 personification task cards with a variety of questions
- A task card answer sheet (2 pages)
- A task card answer key (2 pages)
- Four pages of activities.
ALLITERATION ACTIVITIES:
Alliteration is always amazing! This figurative language alliteration activity is designed for 3rd-6th grade and includes everything you need to engage students in fun, meaningful alliteration poems, activities, and worksheets.
This file includes the following:
- Two alliteration instructional sheets
- 20 task cards with varying student requirements
- A task card answer sheet
- An acrostic poetry exercise
- A tongue twister partner activity
- A class book template for an alliteration picture book
- Number poetry
- Alliteration in common phrases
ONOMATOPOEIA ACTIVITIES:
These onomatopoeia worksheets, task cards, and anchor charts are perfect for students learning about figures of speech. You will find reference pages with common onomatopoeia words and the corresponding things or animals they come from. This file is perfect for 3rd-6th grade.
This onomatopoeia file includes the following:
- An instructional poster
- A list of 90 common onomatopoeia words
- 24 task cards with three distinct question types
- An answer sheet
- A task card answer key
- Five onomatopoeia worksheets
PUNS ACTIVITIES:
This puns task card product is an engaging figurative-language word-play activity for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade.
This puns wordplay product includes:
- Two instructional pages
- 30 task cards (two per page)
- Task card answer sheets
- Task card answer keys
- Four puns no-prep printable activity sheets
THESE PDF FILES INCLUDE OVER 340 PDF PAGES + Digital Option in GOOGLE








Lisa H. –
Great resource!
Alexia C –
This is a great resource to practice each type of figurative language in isolation. The students really enjoy using these worksheets
Julia D –
So helpful!
Melinda D –
I love this resource as a way to use to teach in small group intervention groups. My students have a difficult time understanting figurative language and interpretting the meaning.
Kristi O –
Great practice & review with my students! Love the no prep too! All your products are LIFE SAVORS & never do me wrong!
Shannon P –
I used these in class and with my online learners. It was great! I loved that it was self grading and they knew their score instantly. Great practice!
Kathryn L B –
Perfect for our centers!
Katelyn P –
Great layout and helpful resource. Thank you!
Catherine G –
Great resource!
Sylvia Sewade –
Perfect way to work on figurative language.
Rachel S –
This is a great resource for all things figurative language. My kids were engaged and practiced important skills. Thank you!
Hey Little Lumieres –
These were great practice activities!
Chelsie Shimek –
My students loved this.
Mrs V –
The students loved using this resource. They complimented my unit extremely well and I’m very satisfied. Thank you!
Kathryn –
As an intervention teacher, I love having short tasks to help reinforce what is being done in their regular classroom.
Christina J –
I love using these in our homeschool. I use the anchor charts to introduce the concept and the task cards to practice. My kiddo loves using these because they make learning easy and the task cards are fun!
The Little Shop of LearnersDecember 21, 2017 –
Thank you for sharing this product. Excellent!
Nikki N. –
My students were exposed to many examples of figurative language.
Stacey R. –
Great resource! Thanks!
Linda S. –
This was very helpful for me to teach figurative language. I’m also using it to review throughout the year to help my students keep learning how to recognize and know what figurative language is.