Figurative Language in Lyrics

"Hello from the other side
I must have called a thousand times."
Is an example of...

• hyperbole
• symbols
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"The stars will cry."

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Just like a moth drawn to a flame
Oh, you lured me in, I couldn't sense the pain."
Is an example of...

• simile
• hyperbole
• alliteration
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"My heart's a stereo"

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"I'd catch a grenade for ya."

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"My life has been a ship sailing sea to sea."

• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"That boom boom boom"

• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"Can we pretend that airplanes,In the night sky are like shooting stars?"

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Said no more,Counting dollars,We'll be counting stars."

• Simile
• Alliteration
• Personalification
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Cause I'd get a thousand hugs,from ten thousand lightning bugs as they tried to teach me how to dance a foxtrot above my head."

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4