Song Lyrics Poetry Analysis

Determine the figurative language that is represented in red.

"If it ain't about the money.

Don't be blowin' me up.

Ain't getting up."

-T.I., About the Money (feat. Young Thug)

• Idiom

• Aliliteration

• Onomatopeia

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Determine the figurative language that is represented in red.

Offset!

Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo!

-Migos, Bad and Boujee

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Determine the figurative language that is represented in red.

"Who that be fly as a martian?"

-Bartier Cardi (feat 21 Savage)

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Determine the figurative language that is represented in red.

"I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night.

Feel my tears as they dry.

I'm gonna swing from the chandelier

From the Chandelier."

-Sia, Chandelier

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Determine the figurative language that is represented in red.

"Oh, you are

My sunrise on the darkest day.

Got me feeling some kind of way."

-Despactio (feat. Justin Bieber)

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Determine the figurative language that is represented in red.

"I got power, poison, pain, and joy

Inside my DNA."

-Kendrick Lamar, DNA

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

Determine the figurative language that is represented in red.

"Why you always try to run and hide?

Always have my name up in your mouth, you out of line."

-Cardi B, Foreva

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Which word BEST describes the author's tone?

"See, everybody has a season

And I believe this one's yours

'Cause you been working, waiting

This what you been praying for."

-Mary Mary, Go Get It

• calm

• jovial (cheerful)

• indifferent (unconcerned)

• hilarious

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Determine the author's tone in the song lyrics below.

"I gave this hustle everything I got, thing I got

Always kept it real from the very start, very start

People ain't thorough like I always thought

Man, the game left me with a heavy heart, heavy heart

People said they with you when they really not, really not

People plot on everything you got, everything you got

The streets left me with a heavy heart, heavy heart."

-Heavy Heart, Meek Mill

• hostile

• disappointed

• content

• numb

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which term BEST describes the mood the song creates?

"Though I'm hopeful, yes I am , hopeful for today.

Take this music and use it, let it take you away

And be hopeful, hopeful, and he'll make a way

I know it ain't easy, but that's okay'cause we hopeful."

-Twista & Faith Evans, Hope

• nervous

• lonely

• surprised

• determined

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4