These 5th-grade metaphor worksheets work on "Interpreting figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context,” as per the common core standards in 5th grade. Students will learn what makes a metaphor with metaphor examples and flashcards, practice making their own examples of metaphors, and analyze metaphors in literature with a checkpoint quiz to test their understanding, ending with a worksheet for working on metaphors in music. Join us on a metaphor adventure!
Expect more than a worksheet with these timesaver resources. Here we've got four paperless 5th-grade metaphor worksheets. There are metaphor writing prompts so your students can write their own examples of metaphors and flashcards for the digital classroom. Are you ready?
In this metaphor worksheet, you have to figure out whether the sentence is an example of a metaphor or a simile.
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In these paperless worksheets, students will work on comparing two things. Before you flip the flashcards, see if you can make your own metaphor examples using the words on the front.
Now it's your turn! Can you come up with your own metaphor examples to describe the words below?
School | Sadness |
Torrential rain | Mayor |
X-ray | Harvest |
Atom | Buffaloes |
Read the following passage; as you're reading, think about the metaphors you can see and what they might mean. Once you've read through the passage, from the context clues, answer the multiple-choice questions.
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This worksheet introduces 5th graders to metaphors in popular song lyrics. They can use these metaphor examples to find metaphors and begin interpreting and discussing the meanings behind them.
As you're listening to each song, think about the following questions.
Metaphors in Music
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're goin' my way
Well, I wanna drive it all night long.
I'm bulletproof, nothing to lose
Fire away, fire away
Ricochet, you take your aim
Fire away, fire away
You shoot me down, but I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down, but I won't fall
I am titanium.
Well, Ali Baba had them 40 thieves
Scheherazade had a thousand tales
But master, you in luck 'cause up your sleeves
You got a brand of magic never fails
You got some power in your corner now
Some heavy ammunition in your camp
You got some punch, pizzazz, yahoo and how?
See, all you gotta do is rub that lamp, and I'll say
"Mister Aladdin, sir, what will your pleasure be?"
Let me take your order, jot it down
You ain't never had a friend like me, ha-ha-ha
Life is your restaurant and I'm your maitre d'
Come on, whisper what it is you want
You ain't never had a friend like me.
After listening to each song, use these discussion questions in small groups or at home as part of homeschooling. Homeschool and classroom teachers could even set this as a home activity.
Your turn! Use these writing prompts to encourage your students to write their own metaphor examples. This activity is an opportunity for students to work on writing metaphors. For more activity ideas to get your students writing, head to Learning Room 213; there's a brilliant metaphor challenge idea that you can adapt for your grade level.
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