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WorksheetsFigurative Language 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
“It might seem crazy what I’m about to say / Sunshine she’s here, you can take a break / I’m a hot air balloon that could go to space.”
- "Happy" by Pharrell Williams
- "Happy" by Pharrell Williams
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
2.
"And I'm so sick of love songs, so tired of tears / So done with wishing you were still here / Said I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow / So why can't I turn off the radio?"
- "So Sick" by Ne-Yo
- "So Sick" by Ne-Yo
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
anaphora
3.
“I’d catch a grenade for you / Throw my head on a blade for you / I’d jump in front of a train for you.”
- "Grenade" by Bruno Mars
- "Grenade" by Bruno Mars
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
alliteration
4.
"Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk / I'm a woman's man—no time to talk / Music loud and women warm / I've been kicked around since I was born."
- "Staying Alive" by The Bee Gees
a)
metaphor
b)
alliteration
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
5.
"Mmm bop, ba duba dop / Ba du bop, ba duba dop / Ba du bop, ba duba dop / Ba du."
- "MMM Bop" by Hanson
- "MMM Bop" by Hanson
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
hyperbole
c)
simile
d)
personification
6.
"I look at you all / See the love there that's sleeping / While my guitar gently weeps / I look at the floor / And I see it needs sweeping."
- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles
- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
7.
“Do you ever feel like a plastic bag / Drifting through the wind…/ Do you know that there’s still a chance for you / ‘Cause there’s a spark in you… /"
- "Firework" by Katy Perry
- "Firework" by Katy Perry
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
onomatopoeia
8.
"How does it feel / How does it feel / To be without a home / Like a complete unknown / Like a rolling stone?"
- "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan
- "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan
a)
simile
b)
personification
c)
hyperbole
d)
metaphor
9.
"A broom is drearily sweeping / Up the broken pieces of yesterday's life / Somewhere a queen is weeping / Somewhere a king has no wife / And the wind, it cries Mary."
- "The Wind it Cries Mary" by Jimi Hendrix
- "The Wind it Cries Mary" by Jimi Hendrix
a)
metaphor
b)
hyperbole
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
10.
"Splish, splash, I was takin' a bath / Long about a Saturday night, yeah / A rub dub, just relaxin' in the tub / Thinkin' everythin' was alright."
- "Splish Splash" by Bobby Darin
- "Splish Splash" by Bobby Darin
a)
simile
b)
personification
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
11.
"They paved paradise / And put up a parking lot / With a pink hotel, a boutique / And a swinging hot spot."
- "Big Yellow Taxi" by Counting Crows
- "Big Yellow Taxi" by Counting Crows
a)
alliteration
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
12.
"You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog / Quit snoopin’ ’round my door / You can wag your tail / But I ain’t gonna feed you no more."
- "Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley
- "Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
alliteration
13.
"I’m the sunshine in your hair / I’m the shadow on the ground / I’m the whisper in the wind / I’m your imaginary friend."
- "I'm Already There" by Lonestar
- "I'm Already There" by Lonestar
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
onomatopoeia
14.
"You‘re a falling star / You‘re the getaway car / You‘re the line in the sand / When I go too far."
- "Everything" by Michael Buble
- "Everything" by Michael Buble
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
alliteration
15.
"No sun will shine in my day today / The high yellow moon won’t come out to play / I said darkness has covered my light / And has changed my day into night, yeah."
- "Concrete Jungle" by Bob Marley
- "Concrete Jungle" by Bob Marley
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
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