Figurative Language in Songs

"When we were younger and free,
I've forgotten how it felt before the world fell at our feet." Is an example of...

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• imagery

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

"Hello from the other side
I must have called a thousand times."
Is an example of...

• hyperbole
• symbols
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"It's no secret that the both of us
Are running out of time."
Is an example of...

• cliche
• irony
• personification
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

"Running out of pages in your passport,
Hanging with some girls I've never seen before."
Is an example of...

• a metaphor for being wasteful
• a metaphor for traveling a lot
• a simile for being wasteful
• a simile for traveling a lot

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"So let the light guide your way, yeah
Hold every memory as you go
And every road you take
Will always lead you home, home."
Is an example of...

• personification
• imagery
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbolw

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CCSS.L.6.5A

"Your words cut deeper than a knife
Now I need someone to breathe me back to life." Is an example of...

• personification
• cliche
• metaphor
• alliteration

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CCSS.L.6.5A

"And now that I'm without your kisses
I'll be needing stitches."

• Metaphor
• allusion
• simile
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

"Just like a moth drawn to a flame
Oh, you lured me in, I couldn't sense the pain."
Is an example of...

• simile
• hyperbole
• alliteration
• imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Now I'm gonna reap what I sow
I'm left seeing red on my own."
Is an example of...

• idiom
• cliche
• repetition
• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

"You watch me bleed until I can't breathe"
Is an example of...

• alliteration
• assonance
• onomatopoeia
• imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4