Efren Divided | Figurative Language Sort

This resource is designed to give students hands-on practice sorting four types of figurative language seen in the novel, Efren Divided, by Ernesto Cisneros: 1) Simile; 2) Metaphor; 3) Hyperbole; and 4) Personification.

How To Use This Resource:

• First, cut out the Header and Figurative Language Cards. (You may choose to laminate them or print them out on cardstock to increase durability.)
• Have students sort the Figurative Language Cards into the respective categories under the Header Cards.
• Answers could be checked by the teacher or by the students themselves, using the answer key that is included.

Bonus: After students correctly sort the cards, ask them to complete the Figurative Language Extension Activity Sheet for as many examples from the sort as you’d like.

• Here, students explain the literal and figurative meanings of the example, use it in an original sentence, and illustrate it.

Ways to Differentiate:

• Students work independently or in pairs
• Choose which Header Cards to use (with or without the definitions)
• Focus on only two figurative language types at a time
• Complete the sort as a shared activity where the teacher guides the learning

This Resource Includes:

• an About This Resource page
• a Common Core-Alignment page
• 4 Header Cards with definitions
• 4 Header Cards without definitions
• 24 Figurative Language Cards with excerpts from the text
• Answer Key
• BONUS: 4 Figurative Language Extension Activity Sheets

NOTE: Students DO NOT have to be familiar with the text to work with this resource!

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Yours in Literacy,

Sheila ☺