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Figurative Language in Songs

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Get my pretty name out of your mouth"

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Alliteration

c)

Idiom

d)

Simlie

2.

"Holdin' me backGravity's holdin' me back I want you to hold out the palm of your hand Why don't we leave it at that?"

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

3.

"Life was a willow and it bent right to your wind (oh)Head on the pillow, I could feel you sneaking in As if you were a mythical thing Like you were a trophy or a champion ring And there was one prize I'd cheat to win"

a)

Alitteration

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

4.

I got me a car, it’s as big as a whale And we’re headin’ on down to the Love Shack I got me a Chrysler, it seats about 20 So hurry up and bring your jukebox money

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

5.

"Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality"

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

6.

One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you Don't do anything at all Go ask Alice When she's ten feet tall

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Allusion

c)

Personification

d)

Simile

7.

I got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine I got a love and I know that it’s all mine Oh, oh, oh oh Do what you want but you’re never gonna Break me Sticks and stones are never gonna shake Me, oh, oh oh oh

a)

Personification

b)

Idiom

c)

Symbolism

d)

Alliteration

8.

"I’m never gonna dance again Guilty feet have got no rhythm Though it’s easy to pretend. I know you’re not a fool……Time can never mend The careless whisper of a good friend"

a)

Personification

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Allusion

d)

Simile

9.

Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Personification

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor

10.

She is like a cat in the dark And then she is to darkness She rules her life like a fine skylark And when the sky is starless All your life you've never seen Woman taken by the wind Would you stay if she promised you heaven?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Idiom

11.

"Clang, clang, clang went the trolley

Ding, ding, ding went the bell

Zing, zing, zing went my heart strings

From the moment I saw him I fell"

a)

Allusion

b)

Simile

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Personification

12.

"When the sharpest words wanna cut me down

I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown 'em out"

a)

Denotation

b)

Personification

c)

Irony

d)

Symbolism

13.

"Stars In your multitudes Scarce to be counted Filling the darkness With order and light! You are the sentine ls Silent and sure Keeping watch in the night Keeping watch in the night"

a)

Alliteration

b)

Irony

c)

Personification

d)

Denotation

14.

Like a comet pulled from orbit As it passes a sun Like a stream that meets a boulder Halfway through the wood Who can say if I've been changed for the better? But Because I knew you I have been changed for good

a)

Alliteration

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

15.

She said, you've married an Icarus

He has flown too close to the sun

a)

Simile

b)

Imagery

c)

Allusion

d)

Alliteration

16.

Cast off the shackles of yesterday!

Shoulder to shoulder into the fray!

Our daughters' daughters will adore us

And they'll sing in grateful chorus

"Well done, Sister Suffragette!"

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Personification

17.

Raindrops on roses And whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with strings These are a few of my favorite things

a)

Alliteration

b)

Idiom

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Oxymoron

18.

So you're a tough guy

Like it really rough guy

Just can't get enough guy

Chest always so puffed guy

I'm that bad type

a)

Aliteration

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

19.

“As they tried to teach me how to dance A foxtrot above my head A sock hop beneath my bed.”

a)

Personification

b)

Imagery

c)

Alliteration

d)

Simile