1. Figurative Language in Songs

2. DIRECTIONS
Using your answer sheet, identify the figurative language exemplified in the following songs.

3. Define the following literary terms on your paper:
Allusion— indirect reference to a well-known person, event, work of literature, or idea without explanation
Alliteration— repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Metaphor— comparison of two unlike things
Simile— comparison of two unlike things using like, as, resembles, or than
Personification— giving human characteristics to something nonhuman
Onomatopoeia— a word that sounds like its meaning

4. *identify underlined words#1
*identify underlined words
Little did I know That you were Romeo,
you were throwing pebbles And my daddy said,
"Stay away from Juliet”
~ Taylor Swift, Love Story

5. # 2
I'm in love with the shape of you We push and pull like a magnet do ~ Ed Sheeran, Shape of Y

6. I tried to be chill but you're so hot I melted#3
I tried to be chill but you're so hot I melted
~ Jason Mraz, I’m Yours

7. Said I'm so sick of love songs so sad and slow#4
Said I'm so sick of love songs so sad and slow
~ Ne-Yo, So Sick

8. #5 The highway won’t hold you tonight
The highway don’t know you’re alive
The highway don’t care if you’re all alone
~Tim McGraw & Taylor Swift,
Highway Don’t Care

9. #6 Tell me what you like yeah tell me what you don’t
I could be your Buzz Lightyear, fly across the globe
~ Justin Bieber, Boyfriend

10. When the sun shines, we shine together#7
When the sun shines, we shine together
~ Rihanna, Umbrella

11. ~ N*Sync, (God Must Have Spent) A little More Time on You#8
Your love is like a river  Peaceful and deep  Your soul is like a secret  That I never could keep
~ N*Sync, (God Must Have Spent) A little More Time on You

12. #9 A. The underlined part B. the word “tick”
I wanna love you like the world's gonna stop  'Til the very last second, last tick of that clock 
~ Carrie Underwood, Like I’ll Never Love You Again b.

13. #10 Remember when I was young and so were you And time stood still
and love was all we knew
~ Alan Jackson,
Remember When

14. #11 You make me feel like I'm living A teenage dream
~ Katy Perry, Teenage Dream

15. #12 This one has two parts: a and b. A is the entire line
#12 This one has two parts: a and b *A is the entire line *B is the red letters
My life has been a ship sailing sea to sea
~ Brad Paisley, Something About Her B. A.

16. #13 Happiness cries and the tears are dreaming
~ Charli XCX, You’re the One

17. #14 You‘re a falling star, you‘re the getaway car.
You‘re the line in the sand when I go too far.
~ Michael Buble, Everything

18. #15 *identify underlined words
Tick-tock on the clock
But the party don't stop
~Kesha, Tik Tok

19. #16 *identify underlined words
I went skydiving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fumanchu
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying
~Tim McGraw, Live Like You Were Dying