Literary devices & Music

​evokes

Match

Match the literary device to the example.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Imagery

• Idiom

• Allusion

My boyfriend is my knight in shining armor.

The world is like a stage.

The smell of roses wafted to her nose as she strolled by the garden.

My teacher is going to have a cow when she finds out that I didn't do my homework!

He lied so much it's surprising that he didn't have Pinocchio nose.

• My boyfriend is my knight in shining armor.

• The world is like a stage.

• The smell of roses wafted to her nose as she strolled by the garden.

• My teacher is going to have a cow when she finds out that I didn't do my homework!

• He lied so much it's surprising that he didn't have Pinocchio nose.

Poll

What is your favorite genre of music?

• Pop

• Rap/R&B

• Country

• Rock/Alternative

Multiple Choice

What literary device example did we hear in the lyrics "her eyes make the stars look like they're not shining" in the song "Just the Way you Are" by Bruno Mars?

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

Multiple Choice

What literary device did we hear in the lyrics "don't be afraid Cecelia, I'm the satellite, and you're the sky" in the song "Cecelia and the Satellite" by Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

Multiple Choice

What literary device did we hear in the lyric "Do you ever feel like a plastic bag, drifting thought the wind, wanting to start again?" in the song "Firework" by Katy Perry?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

What literary device did we hear in the lyric "Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon? Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned? Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? Can you paint with all the colors of the wind? Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?" in the song "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas?

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• imagery

Multiple Choice

What literary device did we hear in the lyric "If you're gonna let me down, let me down gently. Don't pretend that you don't want me. Our love ain't water under the bridge" in the song "Water Under the Bridge" by Adele?

• imagery

• idiom

• hyperbole

• personification

Multiple Choice

What literary device do we hear in the lyric "'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter, and my daddy said, 'Stay away from Juliet!'" in the song "Love Story" by Taylor Swift?

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Allusion

Multiple Choice

What literary device did we hear in the lyric "'Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar. Louder, louder than a lion, 'cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar!" in the song "Roar" by Katy Perry?

• idiom

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

Open Ended

Write your own example of a simile:

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Write your own example of onomatopoeia:

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Write your own example of imagery:

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Write your own example of hyperbole: