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The Figurative Language Terms worksheet was created for the CESA #1 EL OER Project. Having a deep understanding of figurative language is essential while acquiring the English language. For many EL students, understanding the different terms is overwhelming. This worksheet provides students with the opportunity to watch videos and listen to songs to increase their background knowledge of various figurative language terms. Students will have exposure to: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, alliteration, idiom, allusion, and personification. They will also have an opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the terms by writing definitions, drawing labeled pictures, and/or creating individual examples.

Learning Goals

Students will define figurative language terms.
Students will expand their background of figurative language terms.
Students will apply their understanding of figurative language terms by creating definitions, labeled pictures, and in their writing.

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Figurative Language Terms

Created Feb. 6, 2024 by Elyse Kuhn

Figurative Language Terms

The following worksheet provides students with written examples, pictures, informational videos, and pictures to aid in their understanding of figurative language. Having a deep understanding of figurative language is essential while acquiring the English language. Students will have exposure to: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, alliteration, idiom, allusion, and personification.

Figurative Language Terms Worksheet

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Standards

WI.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.4

Wisconsin Standards for English Language Arts

Grade 6

Learning Domain: Reading for Literature

Standard: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.

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WI.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.4

Wisconsin Standards for English Language Arts

Grade 7

Learning Domain: Reading for Literature

Standard: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.

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WI.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.4

Wisconsin Standards for English Language Arts

Grade 8

Learning Domain: Reading for Literature

Standard: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

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WI.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.4

Wisconsin Standards for English Language Arts

Grades 9-10

Learning Domain: Reading for Literature

Standard: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

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