Make figurative language fun and approachable for your upper elementary students with this set of 7 colorful posters, each featuring a clear definition and an example pulled from popular novels in grades 3–5. Perfect for grades 3–5 ELA, these posters double as visual classroom decor and everyday teaching tools, helping students recognize and apply figurative language in their own reading and writing.

These posters are no-prep and ready-to-print, making them a simple, effective way to brighten your classroom and reinforce essential literacy skills.

Why Teachers Love It

• Uses familiar upper elementary texts to make concepts stick
• Combines classroom decor with built-in instruction
• No-prep—just print, post, and use
• Works for mini-lessons, anchor charts, or daily visual reinforcement
• Flexible printing: use letter-size for notebooks or poster-size for walls
• Durable for years: print on cardstock and laminate

What’s Inside

• 7 Figurative Language Posters (definition + novel quote example):
  • Simile (Harriet the Spy)
  • Metaphor (Where the Red Fern Grows)
  • Idiom (Bud, Not Buddy)
  • Alliteration (Charlotte’s Web)
  • Personification (Number the Stars)
  • Onomatopoeia (Bridge to Terabithia)
  • Hyperbole (James and the Giant Peach)
    
• High-resolution PDFs that can be printed in any size from 8.5x11 to 16x20

Why It Works

By connecting figurative language to stories students already know and love, these posters make abstract literary terms concrete and memorable. Students see the examples daily, naturally reinforcing skills while giving you a ready-made teaching reference right on your walls