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Figurative Language in Song Lyrics

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What figurative language is the following lyric:

"Cookin' MC's like a pound of bacon!"

-Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Baby"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

2.

What figurative language is the following lyric:

"You're my kryptonite."

-One Direction "One Thing"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Alliteration

3.

What figurative language is the following lyric:

"Black, black, black and blue. Beat me 'til I'm numb."

-Bruno Mars "Grenade"

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Hyperbole

4.

What figurative language is the following lyric:

Dry lightning cracks across the skies."

-Carrie Underwood "Blown Away"

a)

Alliteration

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomatopoeia

5.

What figurative language is the following lyric:

"Some kind of madness is swallowing me whole."

-Muse "Madness"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

6.

What figurative language is the following lyric:

"Paint the picture of the perfect place."

-One Republic "All the Right Moves"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Hyperbole

7.

What figurative language is the following lyric:

"I've been wandering the desert for a thousand days."

-Selena Gomez "A Year Without Rain"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Hyperbole

8.

What figurative language is the following lyric:

"Life is a highway."

-Rascal Flatts

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

9.

What figurative language is the following lyric:

"Now let me welcome everybody to the Wild Wild WestA state

that’s untouchable like Eliot Ness"

-2pac "California Love"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

10.

What figurative language is the following lyric:

"Said I’m so sick of love songs, so sad and slow"

-Ne-Yo "So Sick"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration