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Music Monday Lit Review!

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

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1.

These lyrics contain which of the following literary devices?


I got a bone to pick

I don't want you monkey-mouth mothercrushers

Sittin' in my throne again

I'm mad (He mad!), but I ain't stressin'

True friends, one question


-Kendrick Lamar "King Kunta"

a)

Allusion

b)

Idiom

c)

Alliteration

d)

Understatement

2.

These lyrics contain which of the following literary devices?


Chick, where you when I was walkin'?

Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin'

King Kunta

Everybody wanna cut the legs off him

(King) Kunta

Black man taking no losses, oh yeah

Chick, where you when I was walkin'?

Now I run the game, got the whole world talkin'

King Kunta

Everybody wanna cut the legs off him

-Kedrick Lamar "King Kunta"

a)

Alliteration

b)

Rhetorical Question

c)

Simile

d)

Allusion

3.

These lyrics contain which of the following literary devices?


Remember Rappin' Duke? Duh-ha, duh-ha

You never thought that hip hop would take it this far

Now I'm in the limelight 'cause I rhyme tight

Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade

Born sinner, the opposite of a winner

Remember when I used to eat sardines for dinner


-Notorious B.I.G. "Juicy"

a)

Rhetorical Question

b)

Allusion

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

4.

These lyrics contain which of the following literary devices?


Do you ever think that we're just chasing our tails?

Like life is one big fast treadmill

And we pop what is prescribed

If it gets us first prize

But you know who I, who I think will win

Are the ones that let love in

Are the ones that take the time


-Katy Perry "This Moment"

a)

Consonance

b)

Analogy

c)

Personification

d)

Anaphora

5.

These lyrics contain which of the following literary devices?


Hip-Hop ain't dead cuz the pulse is in us

I got the Everclear flow, they mimosa with it

We are the hope of the culture, they supposed to listen

And I'm supposed to pivot like I'm a forward in the league, I'm Oden with it

Yet don't owe them playas nothing but potent lyrics

But if you ain't got the dance they revoke your spinning

So good rappers ain't eating they Olsen twining

-Wale "Rising Up"

a)

Allusion

b)

Assonance

c)

Simile

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

6.

In "Quiet" by John Mayer, the artist uses ____ to convey _____.


3:02

the space in this room

has turned on me

and all my fears have cornered me here

me and my TV screen


the volume's down

blue lights are dancing around

and still, I can't seem to find

the quiet inside my mind

a)

allusions; a melancholy mood

b)

symbolism; character development

c)

imagery; an anxious tone

d)

enjambment; an enamored tone

7.

In "Freedom" by Beyonce, the artist uses ______ to convey _______.

Tryna reign, tryna rain on the thunder

Tell the storm I'm new

I'ma walk, I'ma march on the regular

Painting white flags blue

Love forgive me, I've been running

Running blind in truth

I'ma rain, I'ma reign on this bitter love

Tell the sweet I'm new

a)

motif; support for the theme of overcoming adversity

b)

puns; characterization of a defeated speaker

c)

anaphora; an uncertain tone

8.

These lyrics contain which of the following literary devices?


Look don't worry bout anything they told you

Remember what she said about winter and what the cold do

Everything's a season and some things you gotta go through

Believe me I don' seen it all, you're young talking to the old you

When haters come around look em down tell em "we don't owe you"

You gon lose some friends but those circles are better than the ovals

A black man left the oval

Keep that style you got soulful


  • Rapsody "Laila's Wisdom"
a)

Dialect

b)

Allusion

c)

Personification

d)

Foil

9.

In the song "Cool Kids" Echosmith uses _______ to convey _____.


She sees them walking in a straight line, that's not really her style. And they all got the same heartbeat, but hers is falling behind. Nothing in this world could ever bring them down.


Yeah, they're invincible, and she's just in the background.

And she says, "I wish that I could be like the cool kids, 'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in. I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids."

a)

3rd person narrator; the ostracized feelings of an outsider

b)

imagery; an uplifting internal dialogue

c)

allusion; the theme of isolation during adolescence

10.

In "Stereo Hearts" by Gym Class Heroes, the artist uses the ___________ of a record player to illustrate his uncertain attitude towards relationships.


If I was just another dusty record on the shelf

Would you blow me off and play me like everybody else

If I ask you to scratch my back, could you manage that

Like it read well, check it Travie, I can handle that Furthermore, I apologize for any skipping tracks

It's just the last girl that played me left a couple cracks

I used to used to used to used to, now I'm over that

'Cause holding grudges over love is ancient artifacts

a)

Alliteration

b)

Allusion

c)

Conceit

d)

Mood