Figurative Language Quiz

Fight Song by Rachel Platten

Like a small boat

On the ocean

Sending big waves

Into motion

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.RL.4.4

Boom Clap by Charlie XCX

Boom clap

The sound of my heart

the beat goes

on and on and on and on and

Boom clap

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

Moves like Jagger by Maroon 5

All the moves like Jagger

I've got the moves like Jagger

I've got the moves like Jagger

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

Stereo Hearts by Gym Class Heroes

My heart's a stereo

It beats for you, so listen close,

Hear my thoughts in every note

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.RL.4.1

What about us by P!nk

We are searchlights

We can see in the dark

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.4

Sound of Silence by Disturbed

Hello Darkness, my old friend

I've come to talk with you again

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.4

Million Reasons by Lady Gaga

You're giving me a million

reasons to let you go

You're giving me a million

reasons to quit the show

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.4

Life is a Highway by

Rascal Flatts

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

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.RL.4.1

Bad Blood by Taylor Swift

"Baby now we've got bad blood"

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.4

I'll Make a Man Out of You by Donny Osmond

"We must be swift as the coursing river!"

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.RL.4.4