3rd Grade Figurative Language Worksheets

Add depth and flavor to your child's writing with our free, printable 3rd grade figurative language worksheets. Answering these exercises will help them write alliterative sentences, and use analogies and similes, among other literary devices.

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Synonyms and Antonyms Analogies

A synonym-antonym relationship serves as the thread of connectivity for the analogies in these printable exercises, where kids must identify the analogies as "synonyms" or "antonyms".

Synonyms and Antonyms Analogies

Making Themed Alliterations

Put together pairs of words to create interesting, themed alliterations, making sure to use up all the words displayed in the word box.

Identifying Alliterative Sentences

Observe the starting sound of each word in the sentence and check if they are the same, checking "alliteration" or "not an alliteration" accordingly.

Identifying Alliterative Sentences

Completing Common Analogies

Complete each analogy by choosing the most appropriate option presented in these printable figurative language worksheets for grade 3 children.

Completing Common Analogies

Identifying Homographs

Circle the picture that matches the underlined word in each sentence, keeping in mind that homographs are spelled alike but mean different things.

Identifying the Sound That Repeats

Key into the letter representing the starting sound that repeats in each alliterative sentence, and write it in the space provided.

Identifying the Sound That Repeats

Holiday Analogies

Bring to mind the symbols and icons that characterize all your favorite holidays when filling in the missing words to complete these analogies.

Writing Two Rhyming Words

Come up with a pair of rhyming words for each given word and write them in the empty blocks in these grade 3 figurative language worksheets pdf.

Checking the Right Homophones to Complete Sentences

Give both the options their due attention before deciding on the one most suitable to fill in the blank and complete the sentence meaningfully.

Checking the Right Homophones to Complete Sentences

Homographs | Charts

Get children to key into the definition of a homograph, making full use of the illustrated examples in this assortment of printable charts.

Homographs - Charts

Writing Adjectives and Creating Alliterations

Come up with an adjective that is both appropriate and alliterative as it describes each noun in these 3rd grade figurative language worksheets pdf.

Recognizing Meanings of Homographs

Focus on the underlined word in each sentence, deduce its meaning using the contextual clues, and check the correct option in these exercises.

Identifying Similes in Sentences

Read each sentence with care and attention, staying on the lookout for the simile featured in it, and underline it as and when you spot it.

Identifying Similes in Sentences

User and Tool Analogies

Remember that the components that make up the analogies here depict a user-tool relationship as you come up with the words to complete them.

Matching Homophones

Bear in mind that homophones are pronounced the same but have different spellings or meanings as you match the pictures to make homophone pairs.

Matching Homophones