Figurative Language and Poetic Devices

Stereo Hearts by Gym Class Heroes

My heart's a stereo

It beats for you, so listen close,

Hear my thoughts in every note

The underline phrase is which type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

"I am as hungry as a bear."

Is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Repetition

"Or you'll get SCHOOLed, FOOLed, UNCOOLed." is an example of which of the following?

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Assonance

• Personification

A strong, regular, repeated pattern of sounds is...

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhythm

• Simile

This is extreme exaggeration

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

Rolling in the deep by Adele

But you played it, you played it, you played it, you played it to the beat

Is an example of which of the following?

• Repetition

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

"The waves kissed the shoreline while the moon smiled down at them."

Is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Personification

"She sells sea shells by the sea shore." is an example of which of the following?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Simile

Dunkalicious CLASSY

Supersonic SASSY

Is an example of which of the following?

• Repetition

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Rhyme

Boom Clap by Charlie XCX

Boom clap

The sound of my heart

the beat goes

on and on and on and on and

Boom clap

The underlined lyric is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia