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Quia

Quia: Bud, Not Buddy: Similies and Metaphors

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
These games use the similes and metaphors from the novel Bud, Not Buddy. There are three games: Flashcards, Matching, and Concentration. Flashcards has half of the simile/metaphor on each side of the card; Matching has students match the...
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TES Global

Blendspace: Similes and Metaphors

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
An eighteen-part learning module with links to videos, charts, and images to teach similes and metaphors.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Simile and Metaphor (English Iii Reading)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
You will be able to identify the similes and metaphors in a text and evaluate their importance to the meaning of the text. W.11-12.2d Lang/Fig/Voc
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TES Global

Blendspace: Similes & Metaphors by Mrs. Wade

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
A six-part learning module with links to videos and websites about similes and metaphors.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Descriptive Writing: Similes, Metaphors, Cliches, Hyperbole

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on figurative language used in descriptive writing including similes, metaphors, cliches, hyperbole. It offers multiple links to websites pertaining to figurative language in descriptive and creative writing; an...
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abcteach

Abcteach: Similes [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
This printable worksheet tutorial tests your knowledge of writing snow similes.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Imagery: Simile and Metaphor (English I Reading)

For Students 9th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Identify the similes and metaphors in a text and evaluate their importance to the meaning of the text. RL.9-10.5 text structure effects
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Imagery, Metaphor, and Simile (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on understanding imagery, metaphors, and similes.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Simile and Metaphor

For Students 7th - 9th
You will learn how to explain the effect of similes and extended metaphors in literary text.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Figurative Language

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson used a slideshow presentation to explain the difference between similes and metaphors. Students are challenged to identify these figurative elements in literature and then create some themselves.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Literary Text: Imagery, Metaphor, and Simile

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Writers use sensory imagery ("smelled the salty air"), similes ("like a strong man playing tug-of-war"), and metaphors ("the waves roaring in my ears") to capture the reader's imagination. In this lesson, you will learn how to identify...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Simile and Metaphor

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explain the effect of similes and extended metaphors in literary text.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Metaphors and Similes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces metaphors and similes. It also provides practice and a writing assessment.
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Read Works

Read Works: 3rd Grade Lesson: Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use two provided poems to learn to identify and understand the use of similes and metaphors in poetry. Lesson includes direct teaching, guided practice, and independent...
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TES Global

Blendspace: Metaphors and Similes

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A twelve-part learning module with links to videos, images, websites, and a quiz on metaphors and similes.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Figurative Language

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discover how authors use figurative language to enhance their writing and explore the differences between similes and metaphors in this animated video [3:37] from WNET. Discussion questions below help students to further apply their...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Metaphor & Simile

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students understand the use of metaphors and similes in written and spoken language. There are several fun examples, activities and whole group feedback using Activotes.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin: Teacher's Guide to "The Polar Express" [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This teachers' guide for "The Polar Express" by Chris Van Allsburg has lessons designed for both early elementary and intermediate students. It includes working with a timeline and learning about similes and metaphors. (In PDF format.)
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Figurative Language: Reading Test 3

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
A ten-question quiz on recognizing similes, metaphors, hyperbole, and personification. Results can be printed, saved, or emailed.
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Quia

Quia: Concentration: Literary Devices

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This game asks students to match literary devices (similes, metaphors, personification, slang/dialect and allusions) with their examples while remembering where they are located behind covered squares. Java is required.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Figurative Language

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource explores figurative language including similes, metaphors, and personification. There are many activities used to support the exploration of each type of figurative language.
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Other

Daily Grammar: Glossary of Grammar Terms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A succinct overview of basic grammar terms with links to lessons; written by a high school English teacher.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Imagery and Figurative Language (Grade 8)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students learn how to make complex inferences and use textual evidence such as imagery and figurative language to support understanding.
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Quia

Quia: Matching: Literary Devices

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This matching game has students match examples of literary devices (yellow boxes) with the terms (blue boxes). There are multiples of each, but each set is matched to a specific box. Java is required.

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