Songs and Figurative Language
What type of figurative language is this lyric?
“Running to the altar like a track star”
Simile
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The classroom was so loud and crazy it was a zoo!
classroom and zoo- Metaphor
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Susan is as gentle as a kitten.
Simile
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The leaves danced in the wind.
Personification
Figurative language that gives human traits to non-human objects
Personification
What type of figurative language is in this song?
"You're gonna hear me roar
Roar, roar, roar, roar, roar"
Onomatopoeia
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The waterfall stretched for millions of miles.
millions of miles- hyperbole
What is Type of figurative Language is this?
BOOM! POW!
Onomatopoeia
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Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as".
Simile
Figurative language that makes a reference to a literary work, movie, Greek myth, etc.
Allusion
What type of figurative language is this lyric?
"And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for a while"
Hyperbole
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The race car zoomed around the track.
Zoomed--onomatopoeia
What is Type of figurative Language is this?
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Pepper
Alliteration
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Comparing two unlike things without using like or as. Calling one thing another.
Metaphor
Oxymoron
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"Cause baby, now we got bad blood"
Idiom
or
Alliteration
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He had to bite the bullet and just tell her.
bite the bullet- Idiom
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Hold your horses.
Idiom
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sally sells seashells by the sea shore
Alliteration
An old saying that often needs to be memorized to be understood--these often sound idiotic to modern ears
Idiom
What type of figurative language in this lyric?
“Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.”
Alliteration (repeating w sound)
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He enjoyed eating the jumbo shrimp.
jumbo shrimp--oxymoron
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He was a good samaritan when he stopped to help the car with the flat tire.
What is the name of the type of Figurative Language that has this definition?
The use of a word to describe a sound made by an object or action.
Onomatopoeia
The opposite of hyperbole
Understatement