Musical Literary Devices

"Into your heart I will beat again, sweet like candy to my soul"- Dave Matthews Band

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Her eyes make the stars look like they're not shining”- Bruno Mars

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Hello from the otherside, I must have called a thousand times" Adele

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"I like that boom boom pow, them chicken's jackin' my style" Black Eyed Peas

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"It's a free ride when you've already paid" Alanis Morrissette

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

"You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes"- Thriller, Michael Jackson

• Personification

• Tone

• Metaphor

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

"And so today, my world it smiles. Your hand in mine, we walk the miles"- Thank you, Led Zeppelin

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"A tornado flew around my room before you came" Thinking About you, Frank Ocean

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Sun kissed skin, so hot we will melt your popsicle" California Girls, Katy Perry

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

"Killing me softly, with his song"- Lauryn Hill

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D