L.8.5 Worksheets
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.5
:"Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings."
These worksheets can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
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Figurative Language Maze: Spring Metaphors
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Figurative Language Maze: Spring Metaphors
Let your figurative language skills blossom with this middle-grade springtime metaphor maze!
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Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Figurative Language in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Figurative Language in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!
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Figurative Language Maze: Spring Similes
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Figurative Language Maze: Spring Similes
Practice identifying similes like a seasoned expert with this fun, spring-themed maze!
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Summer Analogies
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Summer Analogies
Practice completing analogies with this summer-themed grammar worksheet!
7th Grade
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Determine the Meaning of Words Using Synonyms in Context
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Determine the Meaning of Words Using Synonyms in Context
In this vocabulary-building worksheet, students will read several short paragraphs and identify and match familiar words with their lesser known synonyms.
6th Grade
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Determine the Meaning of Words Using Antonyms in Context
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Determine the Meaning of Words Using Antonyms in Context
In this reading and writing worksheet, students will read several short paragraphs and identify and match familiar words with their less familiar antonyms.
6th Grade
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Relating Words With Analogies #1
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Relating Words With Analogies #1
Students gain valuable practice understanding how words are related while building their vocabulary with this analogy worksheet.
7th Grade
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Describe the Difference Between Related Words #2
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Describe the Difference Between Related Words #2
Help middle school students strengthen their vocabulary knowledge with this one-page worksheet on shades of meaning!
8th Grade
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Puns in Context
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Puns in Context
Have a laugh (or a groan) with this fun figurative language worksheet all about puns!
8th Grade
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Verbal Irony
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Verbal Irony
Get a taste of verbal irony with this figurative language worksheet in which students study the definitions and examples of sarcasm, exaggeration, and understatement.
8th Grade
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Compare and Contrast in Poetry: “January” and “The Wind”
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Compare and Contrast in Poetry: “January” and “The Wind”
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.
7th Grade
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Describe the Difference Between Related Words #3
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Describe the Difference Between Related Words #3
Help eighth-grade learners strengthen their vocabulary knowledge with this simple one-page worksheet on shades of meaning.
8th Grade
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Figurative Language in Context #3
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Figurative Language in Context #3
Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this eighth-grade worksheet!
8th Grade
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Writing With Connotation
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Writing With Connotation
Get middle schoolers talking about the nuance and connotation of words and how they affect the meaning of a sentence with this helpful worksheet.
6th Grade
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Determine the Meaning of Words Using Synonyms in Context #2
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Determine the Meaning of Words Using Synonyms in Context #2
In this vocabulary-building worksheet, students will read several short paragraphs and identify and match familiar words with their lesser known synonyms.
6th Grade
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Determine the Meaning of Words Using Antonyms in Context #2
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Determine the Meaning of Words Using Antonyms in Context #2
Use this grammar worksheet to give middle school learners' a vocabulary boost as they practice determining the meaning of words using antonyms in context.
6th Grade
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Shades of Meaning: Order Words by Intensity
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Shades of Meaning: Order Words by Intensity
Help middle school students learn to determine the different shades of meaning of related words with this language and vocabulary worksheet!
7th Grade
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Relating Words With Analogies #2
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Relating Words With Analogies #2
Give your seventh-and eighth-grade students practice determining word relationships with this fun analogies worksheet!
7th Grade
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Verbs #1
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Verbs #1
Use this worksheet with your students to help them build their vocabulary and language skills.
6th Grade
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Verbs #2
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Verbs #2
Help students build their vocabulary and language skills with this helpful grammar worksheet!
6th Grade
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Adjectives #1
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Adjectives #1
Use this worksheet with your students to help them build their vocabulary and language skills.
6th Grade
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Adverbs #1
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Adverbs #1
Use this worksheet with your students to help them build and strengthen their vocabulary and language skills.
6th Grade
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Verbs #3
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Verbs #3
Use this worksheet with your students to help them further build and strengthen their vocabulary and language skills.
6th Grade
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Adverbs #2
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Adverbs #2
Help young writers build and strengthen their vocabulary and language skills with this great grammar worksheet!
6th Grade
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Reading Comprehension: “King Chameleon and the Animals” and “The Hare and the Tortoise”
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Reading Comprehension: “King Chameleon and the Animals” and “The Hare and the Tortoise”
Students compare and contrast two fables in this eighth-grade reading comprehension worksheet!
8th Grade
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Adjectives #2
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Other Ways to Say It: Common Adjectives #2
Use this worksheet with your students to help them build their vocabulary and language skills
6th Grade
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Novel Study: The Hunger Games: Discussion Guide #1
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Novel Study: The Hunger Games: Discussion Guide #1
Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 1–4 of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games.
7th Grade
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Compare and Contrast in Poetry: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" and "Still will I harvest beauty where it grows"
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Compare and Contrast in Poetry: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" and "Still will I harvest beauty where it grows"
Examine the theme of beauty while reading and analyzing two different poems in this two-page worksheet for middle grades!
7th Grade
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Figurative Language Handout
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Figurative Language Handout
Help students learn and remember key types of figurative language with this convenient handout!
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Figurative Language Maze: Summer Similes
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Figurative Language Maze: Summer Similes
Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with this worksheet featuring summer-themed similes!
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