Poetic Devices in Music

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English
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6th - 8th Grade
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Hard
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Margaret Anderson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In "Grenade" by Bruno Mars he sings,
"Take, take, take it all, but you never give."
What type of figurative language is used in the lyrics?
Metaphor
Idiom
Alliteration
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Post Malone said,
"For the money, I'm a savage."
What type of figurative language is found in the lyrics?
Metaphor
Simile
Irony
Allusion
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"The pictures that you sent me, they're still living in my phone..."
5 Seconds of Summer chose what type of literary device to use in their lyrics?
Is it Friday yet?
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.3.5A
CCSS.RL.3.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Bjork sings "You fall in love! Zing! Boom! You shout and you yell! Zing! Boom!"
She uses the literary device, _________________, to express her feelings of love.
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
Oxymoron
Simile
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Alanis Morissette says that "It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife" in her song filled with this type of literary device.
Idiom
Oxymoron
Simile
Irony
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The definition of ____________________ is:
When the same letter or sound occurs at the beginning of closely connected words.
Allusion
Metaphor
Alliteration
Juxtaposition
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the song WOW the lyrics say, "Last call, Hail Mary, Prescott touchdown."
Post Malone referenced Dak Prescott by using __________________________ in his lyrics to show his love as a Dallas Cowboy's fan.
Allusion
Oxymoron
Juxtaposition
Who are you calling a moron?
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
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