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Songs Analysis Activity 2020-21

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word in the song means 'a support, a foundation or a base'?

(a)  

2.

You put me on a pedestal and tell me I'm the best

Raise me up into the sky until I'm short of breath.

How many conjunctions are used in the above lines from the song?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

3.

But what if I, what if I trip?

What if I, what if I fall?

Identify the figure of speech.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

repetition

4.

I had big dreams of doin' shows and making memories.

Which figure of speech is used twice in the above lines?

a)

simile

b)

alliteration

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

repetition

5.

Lifting me up (lifting me up), lifting me up (yeah)

And tearing me down (down), tearing me down (down, down),

Identify the figure of speech in these lines.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

contrast

c)

alliteration

d)

personification

6.

If a person has a chip on their shoulder, which of the following they are NOT feeling?

a)

angry

b)

unfairly treated

c)

upset

d)

satisfied

7.

I'll take responsibility for everything I've done.

Which tenses have been used in the given line?

Click on multiple answers.

a)

Simple Future Tense

b)

Present Perfect Tense

c)

Simple Present Tense

d)

Future Continuous Tense

8.

Fill me up with confidence, I say what's in my chest

Spill my words and tear me down until there's nothing left

Rearrange the pieces just to fit me with the rest.

What type of sentences are these?

a)

Interrogative

b)

Imperative

c)

Assertive

d)

Exclamatory

9.

I had a chip on my shoulder, had to let it go

'Cause unforgiveness keeps them in control

I came in with good intentions then I let it go

And now I really wanna know.

Identify the rhyme scheme.

a)

AAAB

b)

ABAA

c)

AABA

d)

ABAB

10.

Rearrange the following words to make a line from the song.

until / spill / there is / my words / down / nothing / and / tear me / left.

(a)  

11.

I see trees so green, red roses too

I see them bloom for me and you.

And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

Which figure of speech is used in line 1 and 3?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Personification

12.

The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night.

Identify the figures of speech in the given line.

a)

Alliteration and Contrast

b)

Simile and Contrast

c)

Alliteration and Simile

d)

Alliteration and Metaphor

13.

I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do.

They're really saying I love you.

I hear babies crying, I watch them grow.

They'll learn much more than I'll ever know.

Which physical senses have been appealed to here?

a)

sight, hearing, touch and smell

b)

sight, touch and smell

c)

sight, hearing and touch

d)

sight, touch and taste

14.

I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do.

They're really saying I love you.

I hear babies crying, I watch them grow.

They'll learn much more than I'll ever know.

What is the rhyme scheme of the given stanza?

a)

ABAB

b)

AABB

c)

ABBA

d)

AABA

15.

I think to myself what a wonderful world.

Change this line from first person to third person.

(a)  

16.

I'm trying to hold my breath.

Which tense is used here?

a)

Simple Present Tense

b)

Simple Past Tense

c)

Continuous Past Tense

d)

Continuous Present Tense

17.

What is the refrain of the third song?

a)

I'm trying to hold my breath

b)

Never enough for me

c)

Let it stay this way

d)

Will you share this with me?

18.

All the shine ____ a thousand spotlights

All the stars we steal _____ the night sky.

Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.

a)

from, of

b)

in, from

c)

of, from

d)

in, of

19.

All the stars we steal from the night sky.

Identify the figure of speech.

a)

Personification

b)

Alliteration

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Repetition

20.

Fill in the blank with a suitable determiner.

According to the speaker, without her loved one, even the towers of gold are ____________.

a)

too little

b)

too large

c)

too bright

d)

too dull