Literary Devices in Songs

Multiple Choice

"So you think you can stop me and spit in my eye

So you think you can love me and leave me to die

Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby,

Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here"

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Personification

Multiple Choice

"Leaves will soon grow from the bareness of trees, and all will be alright in time."

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Personification

Multiple Choice

"There ain't no gold, in this river.

That I 've been washin' my hands in forever.

I know there is hope in

these waters.

But I can't bring myself to swim when I am drowning in this silence."

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Personification

Multiple Choice

"Fly me to the moon

Let me play among the stars

Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars"

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

"When marimba rhythms start to play

Dance with me, make me sway

Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore

Hold me close, sway me more"

• Imagery

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

"Masdan mo ang aking mata. 'Di mo ba nakikita?

Ako'y ngayo'y lumilipad at nasa langit na."

• Imagery

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

"Paper planes and porcelain. Smell of rain through the window pane and the sight of you."

• Imagery

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Hyperbole