Figurative Language in Song Lyrics

What type of figurative language is used in the line 'Cause darling I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream' in Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space'?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• Alliteration

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​"Hello from the other side

​I must've called a 1000 times" is an example of 

• ​onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What type of figurative language is used in the line 'I'm on the edge of glory' in Lady Gaga's 'The Edge of Glory'?

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

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What type of figurative language is used in the line 'Cause you're a sky, 'cause you're a sky full of stars' in Coldplay's 'A Sky Full of Stars'?

• Simile
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which sound device is used in the lyrics 'Every time I close my eyes, it's like a dark paradise'?

• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Simile

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​“Gangsta’s Paradise” by Coolio

​“As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death” is the first line from the first verse of Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” is 

• Allusion

• personification

• Alliteration

• ​onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

​“Super Bass” by Nicki Minaj

​On “Super Bass”, Nicki Minaj sings: ” He got that super bass boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass“.

• ​Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• personfication

• Alliteration

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​“Bad Blood” by Taylor Swift

​On October 27th, 2014, Taylor Swift released one of the most prominent singles of her career, “Bad Blood”. She introduces the song with a chorus, which begins as follows: “‘Cause baby, now we’ve got bad blood“.

• Allusion

• Personification

• ​Onomatopoeia

• 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

​“Boulevard of Broken Dreams” by Green Day

​Green Day’s singer Billie Joe Armstrong begins “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” with the words, “I walk a lonely road“. Then in the chorus, he goes on to sing: “My shadow’s the only one that walks beside me“.

• Allusion

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

​“Moves Like Jagger” by Maroon 5

​In the chorus of “Moves Like Jagger”, Adam Levine sings: “Look into my eyes and I’ll own you with them moves like Jagger“.

• Allusion

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4