Figurative Language Reference Cards

Using the Figurative Language Examples

Are you looking for a fantastic resource to help embed the different figurative language terms into your students’ brains? Would you like a set of cards that you could use for a whole range of activities? Check out Twinkl’s awesome Figurative Language Examples! There are eight cards, each containing a different term and examples of its use. Just print them, cut them up, and laminate them to make a lasting resource. They’re perfect for a learning center activity, for creative writing, or simply for your kids to flick through and learn.

If you need some resources to aid your amazing lessons, try our fourth grade ELA collection. You can also go deeper into the English language with our Teaching Wikis on Imagery and Figurative Language. Twinkl’s resources are so amazing because they’re written to educational standards, by qualified and experienced teachers, for the use of everyone who educates. That means you’re guaranteed a quality download every single time. And the Figurative Language Examples are in our Eco range, which uses less ink when you print them! 

Consider our Emotions Poetry Activity for some poetic introspection with your class.

This resource addresses the following standards: CCSS L.3.5, L4.5, L.5.5 L.; TEKS ELAR 3.10.D, 4.9.B, 5.9.B, 5.10.D.

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Twinkl’s Fourth Grade Writing Mat is the perfect sheet to paste into the front of your students’ workbooks at the start of the school year. It contains everything they’ll need to make their creative writing even more amazing!

Examples of figurative language in sentences

• Alliteration: Darby drank daiquiris during Dan’s drumming display.
• Idiom: “I’m completely snowed under today” muttered Jenny.
• Hyperbole: “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse” moaned Jack.
• Personification: Joy was tired. Her bed was calling to her, its softness gently persuading her to take a nap.
• Simile: Anthony looked at his latest piece of art. It really was as cute as a button.