Similes and Metaphors in Songs

“Baby, you’re a firework / C’mon show ‘em what you’re worth”

• simile
• metaphor
• neither

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“Lucky for you, that’s what I like / That’s what I like”

• simile
• metaphor
• neither

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“She got a booty like a Cadillac / but I can send you into overdrive”

• simile
• metaphor
• neither

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 “Shoot me down / but I won’t fall / I am titanium”

• simile
• metaphor
• neither

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“Beyond your darkness, I’m your light”

• simile
• metaphor
• neither

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“I’m like hey, what’s up, hello!”

• simile
• metaphor
• neither

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“Go on and try to tear me down / I will be rising from the ground / like a skyscraper”

• simile
• metaphor
• neither

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

“I'ma rain, I'ma rain on this bitter love / Tell the sweet I'm new”

• simile
• metaphor
• neither

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“Let’s imagine for a moment that you never made a name for yourself / or mastered wealth they had you labeled as a king”

• simile
• metaphor
• neither

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“You're like Jordan's on Saturday / I gotta have you and I cannot wait now”

• simile
• metaphor
• neither

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