Poetry Review 1 Gr. 9

The following is an example of...

"When the silence isn't quiet..."

• metaphor

• paradox

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

"You're so beautiful, girl, a blind man could love you"

This is an example of...

• metaphor

• paradox

• hyperbole

• alliteration

"Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash"

In this line from a song you can find...

• hyperbole and metaphor

• anaphora and alliteration

• metaphor and simile

• paradox and simile

"Tell the Devil I said hey when you get back to where you're from"

These song lyrics contain a...

• hyperbole

• assonance

• paradox

• allusion

"I know the feeling haunt you, this maybe the night that my dreams might let me know"

These lyrics contain 2 examples of ...

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

"I'm losing my mind just a little"

These lyrics have an example of ...

• an idiom

• an allusion

• a metaphor

• the theme

"And I will walk this road ahead, one hundred miles on my hands"

These lyrics include examples of ...

• assonance and metaphor

• alliteration and hyperbole

• personification and simile

• allusion and metaphor

"I've had my share of sand kicked in my face"

These lyrics contain an example of...

• a metaphor meaning he's had a lot of problems.

• an allusion meaning he was at the beach.

• imagery because it's describing what the place looks like.

• an idiom meaning he got in trouble.

"I thank you all, but it's been no bed of roses, no pleasure cruise"

These lyrics have two examples of ...

• personification

• metaphors

• idioms

• allusions

"I wanna thrill you like Michael, I want kiss you like Prince..."

These lyrics have two examples of both ____ and _____

• famous personification and idioms

• simile and allusion

• metaphor and alliteration

• hyperbole and simile