Free Figurative Language Story - Ronald's Roaring Rocket

A free original reading passage for teaching and reviewing figurative language: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and allusion.

If you like this free example then check out similar stories with their answers at:

https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/8-fantastic-figurative-language-stories-close-reading-for-school-years-4-9-9-14-years-12655379

or

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Figurative-Language-8-STORIES-Close-Reading-for-Common-Core-Grades-4-8-7555039

These activities are perfect for weekly homework, daily/bell work, classwork, review, test prep, or assessment.

Task A: Identify Figurative Language - Read the story and annotate (highlight or underline and label) figurative language; includes a checklist of what students should find. There are between 10+ instances of figurative language in each passage.

Task B: Analyze Figurative Language - Students answer higher-order thinking questions based on the figurative language used in the story.

Task C: Modify Figurative Language - Students choose 5 instances of figurative language from the story and modify them so that figurative language still keeps its basic original meaning.

Task D: Revise Figurative Language - Students revise the paragraph based on the changes they made in Task C.