WorksheetsFigurative Language in Popular Music
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 11mins
In Katy Perry's song Firework, there is a lyric which states, "do you ever feel like a plastic bag".
What is this an example of?
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
The lyric "Frozen fractals" from Idina Menzel's song Let It Go is an example of...
Alliteration
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
"Caught in a landslide" is an example of what?
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
"His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti".
The bolded words are examples of what?
Alliteration
Rhyme
Hyberbole
Simile
"You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes".
The bolded words are an example of?
Personification
Repetion
Rhyme
Alliteration
"Cause you know I’d walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you tonight.”
Which of these lyrics is an example of a hyperbole?
You know I'd walk
If I could just see you
See you tonight
Walk a thousand miles
In these lyrics from Drops of Jupiter, what two types of figurative language can you see?
“Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance, five-hour phone conversation”
Simile
Alliteration
Rhyme
Onomatopoeia
"Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer" is an example of....
simile
metaphor
personifcation
hyperbole
"And the shadow of the day will embrace the world in grey," is an example of..
simile
metaphor
personification
idiom
"Tick tock on the clock," is an example of...
onomatopoeia
personification
metaphor
simile
"Ring-a-ling, here them ring," is an example of...
onomatopoeia
personification
metaphor
simile
"Said, I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow so..." is an example of
simile
hyperbole
alliteration
onomatopoeia
"And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while."
hyperbole
simile
idiom
pun
"Baby now we've got bad blood"
alliteration
personification
simile
onomatopoeia
"We must be swift as the coursing river!"
pun
simile
idiom
alliteration
3. My heart's a stereo
It beats for you, so listen close,
Hear my thoughts in every note
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
I must have called a thousand times."
Is an example of...
Hold every memory as you go
And every road you take
Will always lead you home, home."
Is an example of...
