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figurative language in music and poetry and life

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Just like a moth drawn to a flame, Oh, you lured me in, I couldn't sense the pain."

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

night-time butterfly

2.
Identify the figurative language:
If I didn't go away to school
Then where would we be
Probably still together and somewhere happy
If I'm supposed to be moved on in a new relationship strong
Then why are you still haunting me?
a)
Simile
b)
Imagery
c)
Metaphor
d)
Hyperbole
3.
Identify the figurative language:
When your legs don't work like they used to before
And I can't sweep you off of your feet
Will your mouth still remember the taste of my love?
Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks?
a)
Personification
b)
Pun
c)
Metaphor
d)
Understate...
4.

Identify the sound device:

Cause baby, now we've got bad blood

You know it used to be mad love

So take a look what you've done

Cause baby, now we've got bad blood, hey!

a)

Alliteration

b)

Imagery

c)

Simile

d)

Onomatopoeia

5.
Identify the figurative language:
Turn the lights off in this place
And she shines just like a star
And I swear I know her face
I just don't know who you are
a)
Simile
b)
Understatement
c)
Personification
d)
Idiom
6.

Identify the sound device language:

Boom! shake-shake-shake the room

Boom! shake-shake-shake the room

Boom! shake-shake-shake the room

Tic-tic-tic-tic Boom!

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Personification

c)

Understate...

d)

Idiom

7.
Identify the figurative language:
If I’m not making any sense
Then you’re not at fault
You just haven’t yet felt emptiness
Like the taste of a flat soda
a)
Metaphor
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Imagery
d)
Simile
8.
"When we were younger and free,
I've forgotten how it felt before the world fell at our feet." Is an example of...
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
imagery
9.
"Hello from the other side
I must have called a thousand times."
Is an example of...
a)
hyperbole
b)
symbols
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
10.
"So let the light guide your way, yeah
Hold every memory as you go
And every road you take
Will always lead you home, home."
Is an example of...
a)
personification
b)
imagery
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
hyperbolw
11.

"Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

drifting through the wind?'

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

12.

You are somebody that we don't know

But you're comin' at my friends like a missile

Why are you mad?

a)

metaphor

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

alliteration

d)

simile

13.

My life is like a movie

Bull riding...

a)

Ferdinand

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

movie

14.

Found you when your heart was broke(n)

I filled your cup until it overflowed

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personificaton

d)

alliteration

15.

Someone help me

I'm crawling in my skin

Sometimes I feel like giving up

But I just can't

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

imagery

16.

Fit the box, fit the mold

Have a seat in the foyer, take a number

I was lightning before the thunder

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

analogy

d)

personification

17.

You say love is a temple, love is a higher law

Love is a temple, love is a higher law

You ask me of me to enter, but then you make me crawl

And I can't keep holding on to what you got, 'cause all you got is hurt

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

post it

d)

apositive

18.

Even when it's rainy all you ever do is shine

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

mandala

19.

Identify the figurative language found in the picture.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

alliterationn

20.

Use the picture to identify figurative language.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

sunflower

d)

personification