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Figurative Language Songs

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
"When we were younger and free,
I've forgotten how it felt before the world fell at our feet." Is an example of...
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
imagery
2.
"He keeps on forgetting what he wrote down. The whole crowd grows so loud. He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out." - Eminem
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
3.
"Hello from the other side
I must have called a thousand times."
Is an example of...
a)
hyperbole
b)
symbols
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
4.

What technique is Lewis Capaldi using here?

So, before you go

Was there something I could've said to make your heart beat better?

If only I'd have known you had a storm to weather

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

alliteration

5.
"So let the light guide your way, yeah
Hold every memory as you go
And every road you take
Will always lead you home, home."
Is an example of...
a)
personification
b)
imagery
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
hyperbolw
6.
"Just like a moth drawn to a flame
Oh, you lured me in, I couldn't sense the pain."
Is an example of...
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
alliteration
d)
imagery
7.

"She's just a girl, and she's on fire

Hotter than a fantasy, longer like a highway

She's living in a world, and it's on fire"


Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire


(Select 2)

a)

hyperbole

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

simile

8.
"Clean pair of sneaks, with a designer belt
Please watch your step cause I'm feeling myself"
Is an example of...
a)
rhyme
b)
repetition
c)
alliteration
d)
assonance
9.
"Now I'm Four Five Seconds from wildin'
And we got three more days 'til Friday."
Is an example of...
a)
rhyme
b)
alliteration
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
10.
"The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
Not a footprint to be seen
A kingdom of isolation,
And it looks like I'm the queen.
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
Couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I tried!"
Is an example of...
a)
imagery
b)
metaphor
c)
allitertation
d)
onomatopoeia
11.
Identify the figurative language:
Boom! shake-shake-shake the room
Boom! shake-shake-shake the room
Boom! shake-shake-shake the room
Tic-tic-tic-tic Boom!
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Personification
c)
Understate...
d)
Idiom
12.

What kind of figurative language is used in the lyrics below?


"When I met you girl my heart went knock, knock"

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomatopoeia

13.

What kind of figurative language is used in the lyrics below?


"You, with your words like knives and swords and weapons that you use against me."

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

14.

What does the simile mean?


"You, with your words like knives and swords and weapons that you use against me."

a)

To show that she was attacked.

b)

To show that words hurt.

c)

To show that she is violent.

15.
"Like a sprained ankle, boy, I ain't nothin' to play with." - Drake
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
16.

What kind of figurative language is used in the lyrics below?


"I'd catch a grenade for you"

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Idiom

d)

Onomatopoeia

17.

What does the hyperbole mean?


"I'd catch a grenade for you"

a)

He is angry.

b)

He wants to get away from her.

c)

He would risk his life for her.

18.

"Hello Darkness, my old friend

I've come to talk with you again"


Simon and Garfunkel (redone by Disturbed) - The Sound of Silence

a)

personification

b)

hyberbole

c)

idiom

d)

alliteration