"Firework" by Katy Perry: Poetic Devices Activity

Which line from the lyrics is an example of a simile because it uses "like" to compare two things?

• Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

• Drifting through the wind

• One blow from caving in

• You're original, cannot be replaced

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In the line "Like a house of cards," which poetic device is used?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which line best illustrates hyperbole, an exaggerated statement for effect?

• Six feet under scream

• You're gonna leave 'em fallin' down

• Do you know that there's still a chance for you

• Just own the night

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The repeated "boom, boom, boom" is primarily an example of which device?

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Assonance

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which line contains alliteration through repeated initial consonant sounds?

• Do you ever feel already buried deep

• One blow from caving in

• Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"

• Like the Fourth of July

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

What device is used in "Cause baby you're a firework" when describing a person as a firework?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Rhyme

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which line creates imagery by appealing to sight with colorful visuals?

• As you shoot across the sky

• Do you ever feel so paper thin

• You're original, cannot be replaced

• Drifting through the wind

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

In "Come on let your colors burst," the word "burst" most strongly contributes to which effect?

• Auditory imagery

• Kinesthetic imagery (movement)

• Gustatory imagery (taste)

• Olfactory imagery (smell)

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The phrase "paper thin" is best classified as which device?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which line from the chorus shows repetition for emphasis?

• Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"

• As you shoot across the sky

• Cause baby you're a firework

• Let it shine

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4