Figurative Language in Songs

"Baby, you're a firework!"

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"The wind is howling like the swirling storm inside..." is personification and ___________.

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Running out of pages in your passport,
Hanging with some girls I've never seen before.
Is an example of...

• a metaphor for being wasteful

• a metaphor for traveling a lot

• a simile for being wasteful

• a simile for traveling a lot

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Your words cut deeper than a knife
Now I need someone to breathe me back to life. Is an example of...

• personification

• cliche

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

And now that I'm without your kisses
I'll be needing stitches.

• Metaphor

• allusion

• simile

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Now I'm gonna reap what I sow
I'm left seeing red on my own."
Is an example of...

• idiom

• cliche

• repetition

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

"You watch me bleed until I can't breathe"
Is an example of...

• alliteration

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"I call shots, Just Do It, like Nike."
Is an example of...

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Everybody loves the things you do
From the way you talk to the way you move
Everybody here is watching you
'Cause you feel like home
You're like a dream come true.
Is an example of...

• simile

• personification

• rhyme

• cliche

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

I found myself dreaming
In silver and gold
Like a scene from a movie
That every broken heart knows we were walking on moonlight
And you pulled me close
Split second and you disappeared and then I was all alone.
Is an example of...

• personfication

• simile

• imagery

• cliche