WorksheetsFigurative Language (Music Lyrics)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
"Fight Song" by Rachel Platten
Like a small boat
On the ocean
Sending big waves
Into motion...
This is my fight song
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Simile
"Boom Clap" by Charlie XCX
Boom clap
The sound of my heart
the beat goes
on and on and on and on and
Boom clap
Metaphor
Onomatopaeia
Personification
Simile
"Moves Like Jagger" by Maroon 5
Moves like Jagger
I've got the moves like Jagger
I've got the moves like Jagger
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Simile
"Stereo Hearts" by Gym Class Heroes
My heart's a stereo
It beats for you, so listen close,
Hear my thoughts in every note
Idiom
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Simile
"What About Us" by P!nk
We are searchlights, we can see in the dark
We are rockets, pointed up at the stars
We are billions of beautiful hearts
Idiom
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
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"Sound of Silence" by Disturbed
Hello Darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Hyperbole
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Personification
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"Million Reasons" by Lady Gaga
You're giving me a million
reasons to let you go
You're giving me a million
reasons to quit the show
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
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"Can't Stop That Feeling" by Justin Timberlake
I got that sunshine in my pocket
Got that good soul in my feet
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Simile
"Thriller" by Michael Jackson
You try to scream
But terror takes the sound before you make it
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification
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"Love You Like a Love Song" by Selena Gomez
I want you to know, baby
I love you like a love song
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
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"Don't Fall Asleep at the Helm" by Sleeping with Sirens
All that I know is gone
All that I know is gone
Fall deeper and deeper,
the sirens are singing your songs.
Alliteration
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Simile
"All Star" by Smash Mouth
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Simile
"Happy" by Pharrell
I'm a hot air balloon that can go to space
Alliteration
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Simile
"Roar" by Katy Perry
'Cause I am a champion
You're gonna hear me ROAR...
Roar, roar, roar, roar, roar
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
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"Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot
Alliteration
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Onomatopoeia
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