Figurative language activity

Teaching Figurative Language can be fun and meaningful for your students. Teaching figurative language through poetry can make it even better! Here are my best tips for teaching similes, metaphors, idioms, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, imagery, alliteration, and personification.

Use these creative assignments and activities for teaching students to locate, analyze, and evaluate the use of figurative language in text.

Save time searching for videos to teach figurative language! These top 5 videos will engage your students in identifying and analyzing figurative language and sound devices. Pop songs and movie clips grab students' attention. TeachingELAwithJoy.com #figurativelanguage #middleschoolela

Teaching figurative language terms can be boring. So here are some engaging, hands-on figurative language activities for your class!

Find fun activities and resources for teaching figurative language, such as similes, metaphors, and personification.

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I love teaching figurative language! It can be a really fun way to encourage students to make their writing come alive. It also makes the writing process

Are students unmotivated to learn or try figurative language? Are they bored of terms or unwilling to put pen to paper? Then you need to host your own Figurative Language Tasting! This activity will have students excitedly writing down thoughtful images while building their writing confidence. Click to learn how to create and use this lesson in your classroom! #itslitteaching #creativewriting #figurativelanguage #highschoolenglish #secondaryela

Are you struggling to engage students in creating imagery? Need a way to add some excitement around figurative language? A figurative language tasting is a no-fail way to engage students in writing while reviewing essential figurative language terms and techniques. This blog post walks you through how to do the lesson yourself step-by-step. Click and never have another student say "This is boring!" #itslitteaching #creativewriting #figurativelanguage #highschoolenglish #secondaryela