Katy Perry Firework Figurative Language

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

Drifting through the wind

Wanting to start again

Through the use of a simile what 2 things is she comparing?

• bag and wind

• you to the wind

• you to the bag

• drifting and starting again

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

Drifting through the wind

Wanting to start again

The song writer uses this sentence to....

• show there is a problem with trash

• explain feelings of being lost with no direction in life

• help the reader visualize the wind

• express the importance of recycling

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin

Like a house of cards

One blow from caving in

"Caving in" as used in these lines represents....

• the use of a metaphor

• the use of a simile

• the use of alliteration

• the use of hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Cause baby you're a firework

Come on show'em what you're worth

Make 'em go "OH, OH, OH!"

As you shoot across the sky

Baby you're a firework

Come on let your colors burst

Make 'em go "OH, OH, OH!"

You're gonna leave 'em falling down

Which line from above best the use of a hyperbole?

• Cause baby you're a firework

• Make 'em go "oh, oh, oh!"

• Come on let your colors burst

• As you shoot across the sky

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Cause baby you're a firework

Come on show'em what you're worth

Make 'em go "OH, OH, OH!"

As you shoot across the sky

Baby you're a firework

Come on let your colors burst

Make 'em go "OH, OH, OH!"

You're gonna leave 'em falling down

Which line from above best represents the use of a metaphor?

• Cause baby you're a firework

• Make 'em go "OH, OH, OH!"

• Come on let your colors burst

• As you shoot across the sky

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The line "If you only knew what the future holds" shows the use of a ....

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which of these lines represents the use of personification?

• You just gotta ignite the light

• 'Cause there's a spark in you

• Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

• Just own the night like the Fourth of July

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CCSS.L.6.5A

"You don't have to feel like a waste of space"

What type of figurative language is used and what is being compared?

• Hyperbole: exaggerating how much waste

• Metaphor: It is comparing you to a waste of space

• Simile: It is comparing your feelings to a waste of space

• Personification: It is personifying space

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Boom, Boom, Boom

Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon

It's always been inside of you, you, you

And now it's time to let it through

Which of the following line from above represents the use of an onomatopoeia?

• moon, moon, moon

• you, you, you

• boom, boom, boom

• let it through

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of these lines uses personification?

• Maybe you're the reason why all the doors are closed

• So you can open one that leads you to the perfect road

• Like a lightning bolt, your heart will blow

• And when it's time, you'll know

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CCSS.L.6.5A