Figurative Language in Songs

"Life is a highway; I'm going to ride it all night long!"

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Boom Boom Pow

• Idiom

• Pun

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks?"

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while."

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

• pun

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"The wind is howling like the swirling storm inside..." is personification and ___________.

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

"Baby now we've got bad blood"

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"You'll pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow."

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The picture turns the lyrics of "Don't go Breaking my Heart" into a ______________

• metaphor

• idiom

• pun

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

"Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof!"

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Baby, you're a firework!"

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D