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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Identify the type of figurative language being used below-
I have died everyday, waiting for you
Darling, don't be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years
-"Thousand Years," Christina Perri
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
a thousand years
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?
-"Firework", Katy Perry
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
I feel glorious, glorious
Got a chance to start again
I was born for this, born for this
It's who I am, how could I forget?
-Macklemore, "Glorious"
Repetition/refrain
Metaphor
Rhyme
I like that boom boom pow
Them chickens jackin' my style
-The Black Eyed Peas, "Boom Boom Pow"
Onomatopoeia
Imagery
Simile
Assonance
You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch
You really are a heel
You're as cuddly as a cactus
You're as charming as an eel
-"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
Simile and Metaphor
Allusion and symbolism
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?
-Ne-Yo, "So Sick"
Alliteration
Metphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
-Michael Jackson, "Thriller"
Symbol
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
They put me in the oven to bake.
Me, a deprived and miserable cake.
Feeling the heat, I started to bubble.
Watching the others, I knew I was in trouble.
-"The Life of a Cupcake", by Shelby Greer
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme Scheme
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.
You make me happy, when sky's are gray.
You never know dear, how much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away.
-Carly Simon, "Sunshine"
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Simile
Vivid words
Death crept in without a word and stole what was most dear to me
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification
allusions
