Figurative Language Task Cards | Spring Theme

Your upper elementary or middle school learners will enjoy practicing their grammar skills with this set of 20 task cards. As Spring arrives and the outdoors beckon your learners, you can provide them with this engaging figurative language activity. This product is aligned with state standards and provides real-world scenarios that your learners will relate with. Concepts presented in this product include alliteration, hyperbole, idiom, metaphor, simile, personification, oxymoron, and onomatopoeia. Learners will find sentences within a Spring themed window. They are given two choices to help them identify what type of figurative language is used in the sentences. After choosing the best answer, they use the included recording page to write their answer. These task cards are versatile in that you can use them indoors or outdoors. They can also be used with individuals, small groups, or large groups. Laminate the cards for year after year use. Along with the task cards, an answer recording page is included. Two recording sheets can be found on the page. This will reduce the number of copies or amount of ink used in printing. Task cards and answer recording sheets are available in a color version and a black & white version. An answer key is also provided. PLEASE NOTE: the color version and black & white version are IDENTICAL.

When you purchase this product, you will receive:

PAGE 1: Task Cards 1-4: personification, oxymoron, alliteration, hyperbole with themes of weather, bees, and birds

PAGE 2: Task Cards 5-8: idiom, personification, simile, metaphor with themes of weather, butterflies, ducklings, and flowers

PAGE 3: Task Cards 9-12: alliteration, hyperbole, metaphor, simile with themes of shamrocks, Spring cleaning, Spring, and lambs

PAGE 4: Task Cards 13-16: idiom, personification, onomatopoeia, oxymoron with themes of groundhogs, kites, baseball, and snow

PAGE 5: Task Cards 17-20: alliteration, onomatopoeia, simile, and oxymoron with themes of eggs, hibernation, garden, and birds

PAGE 6: Answer Recording Pages (2 sheets per page)

ANSWER KEY