Figurative Language Recall

Big Yellow Taxi (by Joni Mitchell)

'They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.'

Is this an example of...?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Onomatopaia

• Simile

So Sick (by NeYo)

'Said I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow.'

Is this an example of...?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Symbolism

Careless Whisper (by George Michael)

'I'm never gonna dance again. Guilty feet have got no rhythm.'

Is this an example of...?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

Bird (by Nelly Furtado)

'I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away'.

Is this an example of...?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Symbolism

Bullet with butterfly wings (by the Smashing Pumpkins)

'The world is a vampire.'

Is this an example of...?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Metaphor

One Week (by the Barenaked Ladies)

'Chickity China the Chinese chicken

You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'

Watchin X-Files with no lights on,

We're dans la maison, I hope the Smoking Man's in this one

Like Harrison Ford I'm getting Frantic

Like Sting I'm Tantric, Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy'

Is this song an example of...?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tik Tok (by Ke$ha)

'Tonight, I'm-a fight

Till we see the sunlight

Tick-tock on the clock

But the party don't stop, no.'

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

Which lyric is an example of a metaphor?

• 'You're a falling star, you're the getaway car' Everything (by Michael Buble)

• 'On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair.' Hotel California (by the Eagles)

• 'Got my by any means on.' Blkkk Skkkinhead (by Kanye)

• 'Friday, Friday gotta get down on Friday.' Friday (by Rebecca Black)

Shot through the heart (by Bon Jovi)

'Shot through the heart and you're to blame.'

This is an example of...?

• Symbolism

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Hello, Good Morning (by Dirty Money)

' I do it 'cause I get it/I got billion dollar credit.'

This is an example of...?

• Hyperbole

• Symbolism

• Metaphor

• Alliteration