Grade 6 Figurative Language Deep Dive Word Search, Scramble and Crossword

Grade 6 Figurative Language Deep Dive word search, scramble and crossword puzzle

I made this figurative language deep dive puzzle set for my Grade 6 students during our reading and writing unit. The kids could identify a simile and a metaphor, but they kept mixing up the more complex terms like synecdoche, oxymoron, and onomatopoeia. So I put together a word search, a word scramble, and a crossword using words like simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, idiom, alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery, oxymoron, paradox, synecdoche, and allusion . I also included a few key terms like "symbolism" and "mood" because they kept coming up in our literature discussions . Nothing fancy — just puzzles to help the terms finally stick.

The set is six pages. Three puzzles, each with its own answer key page. The word search works well for quiet time after recess or independent practice. The scramble gets them talking because they argue about the spelling of "onomatopoeia" (it's a tricky one) or whether an oxymoron and a paradox are the same thing (they're not—they always have opinions about it) . The crossword I use for partners or as a review, and I usually have a figurative language anchor chart nearby for the kids who need the visual support to see the definitions and examples . I added a couple simple speech bubble and paintbrush drawings but nothing too busy.

Works for Grades 6–7. Print and go. Sometimes I have early finishers write one example of a simile and one example of a metaphor on the back. The kids actually ask for these now.