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Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

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Class
Date
1.

Cause baby you’re a firework

Come on show them what you’re worth

In the song lyrics of Fireworks above, Katy Perry used …. .

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

e)

Alliteration

2.

Make them go oh, oh, oh

As you shoot across the sky

While in other lyrics of Fireworks above, Katy Perry used …. .

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Hyperbole

e)

Alliteration

3.

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun And I say it’s all right

In the song lyrics ‘Here Comes the Sun’ above, The Beatles used …. .

a)

Alliteration

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

e)

Personification

4.

Here comes the sun, here comes the sunAnd I say it’s all rightLittle darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter. Little darling, it feels like years since it’s been here.

What feeling does the word winter symbolize?

 

a)

Happy

b)

Excited

c)

Angry

d)

Sad

e)

Shy

5.

These vagabond shoes Are longing to stray Right through the very heart of it New York, New York I want to wake up in a city That doesn’t sleep

 (New York, New York by Frank Sinatra)

What figurative language do you find in the song lyrics above?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Alliteration

d)

Simile

e)

Metaphor

6.

In the song entitled New York, New York, the singer wanted to describe that New York is a … city.

a)

Glamorous

b)

Industrious

c)

Mysterious

d)

Busy

e)

Quiet

7.

(To the Moon and Back – Savage Garden)

“I would fly to the moon and back if you’ll be… If you’ll be my baby Got a ticket for a world where we belong So would you be my baby?”

Why does the singer used the hyperbole fly to the moon and back ?

a)

To measure the real distance between the earth and the moon

b)

To realize that it is impossible to fly to the moon and back

c)

To describe that he is far enough from the girl he loves

d)

To reach the moon and back is not an easy thing to do

e)

To express the singer’s struggle to gain his love

8.

(Cry Me a River – JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE)

“Now there’s just no chance, for you and me, there’ll never be (No chance, you and me) And don’t it make you sad about it Cry me a river (Go on and just) Cry me a river

In the song lyrics above, the singer used … to express his … feeling.

a)

Personification – happy

b)

Hyperbole – gloomy

c)

Simile – angry

d)

Hyperbole – generous

e)

Metaphor – spirit

9.

"I'm on your side When times get rough And friends just can't be found Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down"

(Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel)

 

In the song lyrics which is underlined above, we find that the song writer used …. .

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

e)

Onomatopoeia

10.

"I'm on your side When times get rough And friends just can't be found Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down"

(Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel)

 

What does the singer want to express through the above verse?

a)

War

b)

Bridge

c)

Problems

d)

Friendship

e)

Disaster

11.

And I'm so sick of love songs So tired of tears So done with wishing You were still here Said, I'm so sick of love songs So sad and slow So why can't I turn off the radio?

(So Sick by Ne Yo)

In the song lyrics above, we find that the song writer used …. .

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Alliteration

d)

Simile

e)

Personification

12.

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter Dancing through the fire 'Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar Louder, louder than a lion 'Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar

 

What figurative language do you find in the underlined song lyrics above?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

e)

Personification

13.

If I could fall into the sky Do you think time would pass me by? 'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles If I could just see you tonight

(A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton)

The song writer used … in the above verse to express her feeling through the song.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Alliteration

d)

Simile

e)

Personification

14.

…

But you see, it's not me It's not my family In your head, in your head, they are fighting With their tanks, and their bombs And their bombs, and their guns In your head, in your head they are crying

In your head, in your head Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie What's in your head, in your head Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie, oh

(Zombie by The Cranberries)

 

One of the purposes why the song lyrics above is written is …. .

a)

To make people afraid of zombie

b)

To warn the singer’s family that zombie does exist

c)

To reveal warfare and violence that still occur in the world

d)

To show that zombie can be in your head

e)

To compare the similarities among zombie, tanks, and guns

15.

…

I took my baby on a Saturday bang Boy is that girl with you? Yes we're one and the same

Now I believe in miracles And a miracle has happened tonight

But, if you're thinkin' about my baby It don't matter if you're black or white

(Black or White by Michael Jackson)

 

Through the above song, Jackson wanted to express that …. .

a)

Complexion does matter

b)

Black and white are beautiful colours

c)

Consciousness of racial equality

d)

Jackson’s transformation

e)

Jackson is an Afro - American