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Song Analysis

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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)

a)

Idiom

b)

Aliliteration

c)

Onomatopeia

d)

Repetition

2.

Determine the figurative language that is represented in red.


Offset!

Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo!


-Migos, Bad and Boujee

a)

Idiom

b)

Alliteration

c)

Onomatopeia

d)

Simile

3.

Determine the figurative language that is represented in red.


"Who that be fly as a martian?"


-Bartier Cardi (feat 21 Savage)

a)

Idiom

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Simile

4.

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

a)

Idiom

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Simile

5.

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)

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

6.

Determine the figurative language that is represented in red.


"I got power, poison, pain, and joy

Inside my DNA."


-Kendrick Lamar, DNA

a)

Idiom

b)

Alliteration

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Repetition

7.

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

a)

Idiom

b)

Alliteration

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Repetition

8.

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

a)

calm

b)

jovial (cheerful)

c)

indifferent (unconcerned)

d)

hilarious

9.

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

a)

hostile

b)

disappointed

c)

content

d)

numb

10.

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

a)

nervous

b)

lonely

c)

surprised

d)

determined

11.

Which term BEST describes the mood the song creates?


"Now I'm out here looking like revenge

Feelin' like a ten, the best I've ever been

An yeah I know, how bad it must hurt

To see me like this, but it gets worse (Wait a minute)

Now you're out here looking like regret

Ain't too proud to beg, second chance you'll never get

And yeah I know, how bad it must hurt to see me like this

But it gets worse (Wait a minute)."


-Sorry Not Sorry, Demi Lovato

a)

vengeful

b)

serious

c)

thankful

d)

grateful

12.

How do the phrases in red impact this part of the song?


"Baby, I'm sorry (I'm not sorry)"

Baby, I'm sorry (I'm not sorry)

Being so bad got me feeling so good

Showing you up like I knew that I would

Baby, I'm sorry (I'm not sorry)

Baby, I'm sorry (I'm not sorry)

Feeling inspired 'cause the tables have turned

Yeah, I'm on fire and I know that it burns."


-Demi Lovato, Sorry Not Sorry

a)

It makes the artist sound forgiving.

b)

It makes the artist sound like she regrets meeting the person.

c)

It makes the artist sound confused.

d)

It makes the artist sound confident with moving forward.

13.

Denotation is the actual definition of a word.

Connotation is the emotion that a word generates in addition to the actual meaning.You may have noticed that some words generate emotions for you. In that case, you are reacting to a word’s connotative meaning.

Determine if the song phrase evokes a positive, negative, or neutral connotation.


"Two deep, it's just me and Jay

Just postin in them court-side seats

Woo! I'm like hol' up

Woo! I might roll up

If they're tryna party with the queen

They gon' have to sign a non-disclosure, hey."


-Top Off, Jay-z, Future, Beyonce'

a)

positive connotation

b)

negative connotation

c)

neutral

14.

Denotation is the actual definition of a word.

Connotation is the emotion that a word generates in addition to the actual meaning.You may have noticed that some words generate emotions for you. In that case, you are reacting to a word’s connotative meaning.

Determine if the song phrase evokes a positive, negative, or neutral connotation.


"When the silence isn't quiet

And it feels like it's getting hard to breathe

And I know you feel like dyin'

But I promise we would take the world to its feet"


-Andra Day, Rise Up

a)

postive connotation

b)

negative connotation

c)

neutral

15.

Determine the figurative language that is represented in red.


"And I'll rise up

I'll rise like the day

I'll rise up

I'll rise unafraid

I'll rise up

And I'll do it a thousand times again."


-Andra Day, Rise Up

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole