Poetic Devices in Music

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

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

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does the example of onomatopoeia show?

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

• To show what his heart sounded like.

• To show that he is knocking on someones door.

• To encourage you to knock before entering a room.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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."

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What does the simile mean?

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

• To show that she was attacked.

• To show that words hurt.

• To show that she is violent.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

"You're a firework"

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does the metaphor mean?

"You're a firework"

• To show that you are boring.

• To show that you have a great personality.

• To show that you are mean.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

"I'd catch a grenade for you"

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What does the hyperbole mean?

"I'd catch a grenade for you"

• He is angry.

• He wants to get away from her.

• He would risk his life for her.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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

"You've got my heartbeat running away."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What does the example of personification mean?

"You've got my heartbeat running away"

• You are breaking my heart.

• You are making my heart beat fast.

• You have a piece of my heart.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A