Figurative Language & Poetry

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

I'll love you for a thousand more

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• a thousand years

Why does the songwriter likely use HYPERBOLE in these lyrics?

I have died everyday, waiting for you

Darling, don't be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years

I'll love you for a thousand more

• she enjoys the dramatic effect

• she wants to emphasize his devotion

• she is not exaggerating; she is actually very old

• she wants to impress her crush

Identify the figurative language being used in this stanza:

How many times do I have to tell you-

even when you’re crying, you’re beautiful too.

The world is beating you down,

I’m around through every move.

-John Legend, "All of Me"

• Personification

• Repetition

• Simile

• Alliteration

Identify the figurative language used:

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

• Personification

Identify the figurative language used:

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

• Imagery

• Rhyme

• Metaphor

WHY does Macklemore use REPETITION in the following stanza?

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"

• he doesn't know many words

• to emphasize his courage

• to reinforce his feelings of confidence

• to instill fear on those who doubt him

Identify the figurative language used:

I like that boom boom pow

Them chickens jackin' my style

-The Black Eyed Peas, "Boom Boom Pow"

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Simile

• Assonance

What effect does the use of the word jackin' on the TONE?

I like that boom boom pow

Them chickens jackin' my style

-The Black Eyed Peas, "Boom Boom Pow"

• it creates a formal tone

• it creates a hostile tone

• it creates a casual tone

• it creates a humorous tone

Identify the figurative language used in this nursery rhyme:

Hey, diddle, diddle,

The cat and the fiddle,

The cow jumped over the moon;

The little dog laughed

To see such sport,

And the dish ran away with the spoon.

• Alliteration

• Symbolism

• Metaphor

• Personification

Identify the figurative language used in this stanza:

Last night, while I lay thinking here,

Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear

And pranced and partied all night long

And sang their same old Whatif song:

-"Whatif" by Shel Silverstein

• Onomatopoeia and Personification

• Personification and Alliteration

• Metaphor and Repetition

• Personification and Repetition