Literary Terms in Popular Songs

In "Grenade" by Bruno Mars he sings,

"Take, take, take it all, but you never give."

What type of figurative language is used in the lyrics?

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Post Malone said,

"For the money, I'm a savage."

What type of figurative language is found in the lyrics?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Irony

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"The pictures that you sent me, they're still living in my phone..."

5 Seconds of Summer chose what type of literary device to use in their lyrics?

• Is it Friday yet?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Bjork sings "You fall in love! Zing! Boom! You shout and you yell! Zing! Boom!"

She uses the literary device, _________________, to express her feelings of love.

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

• Oxymoron

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Alanis Morissette says that "It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife" in her song filled with this type of literary device.

• Idiom

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The definition of ____________________ is:

When the same letter or sound occurs at the beginning of closely connected words.

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

In the song WOW the lyrics say, "Last call, Hail Mary, Prescott touchdown."

Post Malone referenced Dak Prescott by using __________________________ in his lyrics to show his love as a Dallas Cowboy's fan.

• Allusion

• Oxymoron

• Juxtaposition

• Who are you calling a moron?

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Jay Z and Alicia Keys sang about New York and called it a "concrete jungle." This is an example of ________________________.

• Irony

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

• Juxtaposiion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

When Green Day sings,

"Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go.."

This lyric is an example of _________________.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Wolf's in sheep's clothing" is a lyric in Bruno Mars song, Runaway Baby.

This is also an example of ____________________.

• Metaphor

• Juxtaposition

• Personification

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5