Figurative Language
This collection brings together no-prep figurative language resources designed for 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade ELA classrooms. Every resource is aligned to Common Core Reading Literature and Language standards — including RL.6.4, RL.7.4, RL.8.4 and L.6.5, L.7.5, L.8.5 — so students are identifying, interpreting, and analyzing the figurative language that makes complex texts worth reading.
Whether you need practice with simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, symbolism, or tone and connotation, you'll find materials here that push students beyond simple identification and toward the kind of interpretive thinking that middle school literary analysis actually requires. Because circling the metaphor is the easy part — explaining what it means and why the author chose it is where the real work happens.
These resources work for direct instruction, independent practice, small group intervention, bell ringers, and assessment. Answer keys are included with every product, and everything is ready to use without additional prep.
Perfect for ELA teachers and homeschool educators who want standards-aligned figurative language practice that builds genuine literary analysis skills — not just a list of definitions students forget by Friday.
