Figurative Language in Nature Writing

Begin with Figurative Language Types Review to set the vocabulary, then move to the passage sheets. Keep the reference chart at hand for students who need examples.

Name six figures of speech in a marsh essay, then restate each in plain words. The directions on the page read: Read the essay. In the chart, name each numbered figure of speech as a simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, alliteration or onomatopoeia. Use each name once. Then write what it means in plain words. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 7th grade figurative language, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

This set covers simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia, oxymoron and idiom. Figurative Language Types Review lists all eight in a word bank. Students match them to definitions and then name the device in sentences.

Hyperbole is an exaggeration so extreme that it cannot be literally true, while a literal statement means exactly what it says. Hyperbole or Literal Path Puzzle has students circle one or the other. The box number after each answer builds a route that checks the work.

A pun plays on a word with two meanings so that both work in the same sentence. In Explain the Pun, students underline the one word that makes each pun and write both meanings. One sentence plays on conductor and another on suited.

The Figurative Language Reference With Examples is a chart of devices with definitions, examples and effects on a reader. It is a reference page, so it has no answer key. The other 7 sheets include one.