Looking for a fun Halloween figurative language activity to engage your middle school ELA students? These Halloween figurative language sorting cards are the perfect way to review literary devices like similes, metaphors, personification, and more with a spooky twist!

This printable set includes 28 festive figurative language cards, each featuring a Halloween-inspired sentence using one of the following types:

Halloween-inspired sentence using one of the following types:

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Idiom

Students read each spooky sentence and sort it into the correct figurative language category — perfect for October centers, small group practice, individual review, or a whole-class Halloween ELA game!

Simply print enough sets for your student groups, shuffle the cards, and let the sorting begin!

Teacher tip: Laminate your cards to make this a reusable Halloween activity year after year.

Engage your students with ghostly grammar and creepy comparisons while helping them master tricky figurative language through hands-on practice and play!