Allusion
An allusion is a figure of speech that references a person, place, thing or this.
What is an event?
This metaphor, “Caught in a landslide no escape from reality.” is from what Queen song.
What is Bohemian Rhapsody?
In the song "Mirror" by 'Lil Wayne, the mirror symbolizes what.
What is light & darkness?
In this iconic Disney song, sung by Elton Johns, we can see streaks of personification throughout the chorus.
What is "Can you Feel the Love Tonight?"
It's a Black Eyed Peas Song
What is Boom, Boom, Pow?
This singer's song alludes to Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.
Who is Taylor Swift?
"Fireflies” by Owl City features extended use of figurative language like this, as the fireflies take on some human-like qualities.
What is personification?
This singer's "Who Says" symbolized ‘night’ as the lack of external beauty.
Who is Selena Gomez?
This song full of personification was played in the "Bee Movie."
What is "Here Comes the Sun"?
He is a famous character in Toy Story.
Who is Buzz Light Year?
Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire has over this many allusions in it.
What is 115?
The song is an extended metaphor, relating Elsa’s complicated feelings about her abilities to an ice storm.
What is "Let It Go"?
In "Titanium", titanium is a symbol of what.
What is toughness?
This line of personification, 'You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes' is from this song.
What is "Thriller"?
In the music video for this song, Katy Perry begins in the form of an animated clip with the setting of a jungle and a girl lost over there.
What is Roar?
In Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On, what is the allusion?
What is the door?
Vanessa Carlton’s hit song “A Thousand Miles,” uses this type of figurative langauge.
What is hyperbole?
In the song "Lucy in the sky with Diamonds", this is the symbol in the phrase ‘The girl with kaleidoscope eyes’.
What is the kaleidoscope?
“The city that doesn’t sleep” is always New York – but you probably didn’t know that the saying comes from this Frank Sinatra song.
What is "New York, New York"?
Miley Cyrus sings this instructional dance song in feature movie of Hanna Montana.
What is Hoedown Throwdown?
Elton John's Candle in the Wind, alludes to which famous person?
Who is Princess Diana?
Alicia Keys uses the metaphor of fire to describe the woman in her song, and all women in general in this hit song.
What is "Girl on Fire"?
Time is a symbol of past memories in this Twenty-one Pilots song.
What is "Stressed Out?"
Feel free to clap along to this song with personification.
What is "Happy"?
This song ruled the ’90s, and also stuck to the 2nd position on the Billboard Hot 100 list.
What is Whoomp! There it is?