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WorksheetsMusic Monday Lit Review!
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
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"
Allusion
Idiom
Alliteration
Understatement
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"
Alliteration
Rhetorical Question
Simile
Allusion
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"
Rhetorical Question
Allusion
Simile
Personification
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"
Consonance
Analogy
Personification
Anaphora
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"
Allusion
Assonance
Simile
All of the above
None of the above
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
allusions; a melancholy mood
symbolism; character development
imagery; an anxious tone
enjambment; an enamored tone
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
motif; support for the theme of overcoming adversity
puns; characterization of a defeated speaker
anaphora; an uncertain tone
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"
Dialect
Allusion
Personification
Foil
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."
3rd person narrator; the ostracized feelings of an outsider
imagery; an uplifting internal dialogue
allusion; the theme of isolation during adolescence
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
Alliteration
Allusion
Conceit
Mood
