Figurative Language Sorting Mats Activity | Printable for Grades 4–6

Help your students master figurative language with this printable, hands-on sorting activity! Perfect for upper elementary ELA, this engaging resource includes 105 sorting cards and 7 category mats to help students identify and understand key types of figurative language through active, collaborative learning.

✅ What’s Included:

• 7 Figurative Language Mats: Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Idiom, Onomatopoeia, Alliteration
• 105 Example Cards to sort
• Teacher Answer Key
• Printable PDF Format – No Digital Version
  

💡 Perfect For:

• Focused Figurative Language Instruction
• ELA centers
• Small group instruction
• Test prep and review
• Early finishers and enrichment
  

This figurative language activity is ideal for reinforcing literary devices and improving reading comprehension in a fun, interactive way. Just print, cut, and go—no prep required!

📚 Target Skills:

• Identifying figurative language
• Analyzing literary devices
• Critical thinking and collaboration
  

Use this versatile ELA tool year after year to build figurative language fluency in grades 4–6!