Figurative Language in Music

"Sunshine she's here, you can take a break...Here comes bad news talking this and that." This is an example of....

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

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CCSS.L.6.5A

"I have loved you for a thousand years," is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Cookin' MC's like a pound of bacon," is an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

"Boom, Clap, the sound of my heart..."

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• idiom

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"All my life has been a series of doors in my face..." is an example of...

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

• idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Maybe it's the party talking or the chocolate fondue..."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is the difference between literal and figurative language?

• Literal language means exactly what is said while figurative language uses similes, metaphors, hyperbole and personification to describe something often through comparison.

• Figurative language means exactly what is said while literary language uses similes, metaphors, hyperbole and personification to describe something often through comparison.

• Literary language is used to describe literature and figurative describes numbers.

• Literal language talks about the differences between two things while figurative language talks about the similarities.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4