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Figurative Language in Song Lyrics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Loving him was like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street"

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

2.

"Tick! Tock! On the clock but the party don't stop"

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

onomatopoeia

3.

"You know I'd walk a thousand miles if I could just see you tonight"

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

hyperbole

d)

onomatopoeia

4.

"Little darling, it's been a long, cold, lonely winter"

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

metaphor

5.

"You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes"

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

onomatopoiea

d)

alliteration

6.

"Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme..."

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

onomatopoiea

7.

"I think to myself, what a wonderful world"

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

alliteration

8.

"My heart's a stereo; it beats for you"

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

hyperbole

9.

"You've got a smile that takes me to another planet"

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

hyperbole

d)

onomatopoiea

10.

"You change your mind like a girl changes clothes"

a)

hyperbole

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

11.

"Walking in a winter wonderland"

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

12.

"Now it's your turn to cry; cry me a river"

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

alliteration

d)

onomatopoiea

13.

"I just wanted to take this in, the moonlight dancin' off your skin"

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

14.

"I got that boom, boom, boom. That future boom, boom, boom"

a)

personification

b)

onomatopoiea

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

15.
"I'd catch a grenade for ya."
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
16.
What is imagery?
a)
An exaggeration
b)
A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
c)
The same beginning sound repeated
d)
Words or phrases that appeal to the 5 senses
17.
"Just like a moth drawn to a flame
Oh, you lured me in, I couldn't sense the pain."
Is an example of...
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
alliteration
d)
imagery
18.
"The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
Not a footprint to be seen
A kingdom of isolation,
And it looks like I'm the queen.
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
Couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I tried!"
Is an example of...
a)
imagery
b)
metaphor
c)
allitertation
d)
onomatopoeia
19.
"The stars will cry."
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
20.
"My life has been a ship sailing sea to sea."
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Personification