Music of Metaphors and Similes

Music of Metaphors (and similes and personification)

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You do not HAVE to watch the music videos, but I would suggest you do to help with the answers.

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Katy Perry ft. Nicki Minaj – Swish Swish

‘Cause you’re a joker

And I’m a courtside killer queen

And you will kiss the ring

You best believe

Multiple Choice

Can you find the metaphor?

‘Cause you’re a joker

And I’m a courtside killer queen

And you will kiss the ring

You best believe

• ‘Cause you’re a joker

  And I’m a courtside killer queen Compares the people in the song to people in a royal court.

• And you will kiss the ring

  You best believe Compares the people in the song to rich people

Can you find the simile?

Now let me welcome everybody to the Wild Wild West

A state that’s untouchable like Eliot Ness

Multiple Choice

What is being compared to the wild west and Elliot Ness?

• Rappers and guns

• Modern day gangsters and their neighborhoods

• Police and gangsters

• East coast vs west coast rappers/gangsters

Can you find the metaphor

Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold

This one for them hood girls

Them good girls, straight masterpieces

Multiple Choice

What is he comparing girls to?

Them good girls, straight masterpieces

• Songs

• Art

• Music