Figurative Language in Song Lyrics

What figurative language is the following lyric:

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

-Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Baby"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

What figurative language is the following lyric:

"You're my kryptonite."

-One Direction "One Thing"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

What figurative language is the following lyric:

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

-Bruno Mars "Grenade"

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

What figurative language is the following lyric:

Dry lightning cracks across the skies."

-Carrie Underwood "Blown Away"

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

What figurative language is the following lyric:

"Some kind of madness is swallowing me whole."

-Muse "Madness"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

What figurative language is the following lyric:

"Paint the picture of the perfect place."

-One Republic "All the Right Moves"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What figurative language is the following lyric:

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

-Selena Gomez "A Year Without Rain"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

What figurative language is the following lyric:

"Life is a highway."

-Rascal Flatts

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What figurative language is the following lyric:

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

-Ne-Yo "So Sick"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5