Find the amount of literary devices
How many figurative language devices can you find in these lyrics:
I have this thing where I get older but just never wiser
Midnights become my afternoons
When my depression works the graveyard shift
All of the people I've ghosted stand there in the room
I should not be left to my own devices
They come with prices and vices
I end up in crisis (tale as old as time)
Answer: 3!
Identify the literary devices in this text:
"Im the problem, it's me"
Answer: Metaphor
Reason: Metaphor -> Comparing someone to being the problem
Trivia!
Who's the biggest Swiftie in the class?
{it's obviously mason}
Answer: DANIQUA😱🤯
How many figurative language devices can you find in these lyrics:
I wake up screaming from dreaming
One day I'll watch as you're leaving
'Cause you got tired of my scheming
(For the last time)
It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me
At tea time, everybody agrees
I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror
Answer: 2!
Identify the literary devices in this text:
"Pierced through the heart, but never killed"
"Like some kind of congressman?"
Answer: Metaphor and Simile
Reason: Metaphor -> comparing the emotional pain someone feels to being physically pierced through the heart.
Simile -> simile comparing someone to a congressman
SING!
{Must be properly sung with the right tempo and everything!}
"I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror
it must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero"
How many figurative language devices can you find in these lyrics:
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero
Sometimes I feel like everybody is a ---- baby
And I'm a monster on the hill
Too big to hang out, slowly lurching toward your favorite city
Pierced through the heart, but never killed
Did you hear my covert narcissism
I disguise as altruism
Like some kind of congressman? (Tale as old as time)
Answer: 6!
Identify the literary devices in this text:
"Its me, hi, Im the problem"
"I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror"
Answer: Metaphor and Hyperbole
Reason: Metaphor -> comparing someone the being the problem
Hyperbole -> the person will do something extreme like staring at the sun but avoids looking at themselves in the mirror.
Trivia!
How many Grammys has Taylor won?
{Closest answer wins}
Answer: 11!
How many figurative language devices can you find in these lyrics:
I wake up screaming from dreaming
One day I'll watch as you're leaving
And life will lose all its meaning
(For the last time)
It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me (I'm the problem, it's me)
At tea time, everybody agrees
I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero
I have this dream my daughter in-law kills me for the money
Answer: 3!
Identify the literary devices in this text:
"Midnights become my afternoon"
"When my depression works the graveyard shift"
"Tale as old as time"
Answer: Metaphor, Personification and Simile
Reason: Metaphor -> This is a metaphor, comparing the feeling of being awake at midnight to the experience of being awake during the afternoon.
Personification -> giving human traits to depression by saying that it "works", which is typically a job for humans.
Simile -> comparing a story or situation to something timeless or enduring
Trivia!
What was taylor swift's first song?
c'mon Danica i bet you don't even know 🥸
Tim McGraw was Taylor's first song which was released in 2006!
How many figurative language devices can you find in these lyrics:
She thinks I left them in the will
The family gathers 'round and reads it and then someone screams out
"She's laughing up at us from hell"
It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me
It's me, hi, everybody agrees, everybody agrees
It's me, hi (hi), I'm the problem, it's me (I'm the problem, it's me)
At tea (tea) time (time), everybody agrees (everybody agrees)
I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero
Answer: 8!
Identify the literary devices in this text:
"She's laughing up at us from hell"
"It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero"
Answer: Metaphor and Personification
Reason: Metaphor -> This is a metaphor that suggests the deceased person is finding amusement or pleasure in the distress of the living from beyond the grave.
Personification -> giving human qualities (rooting) to the concept of supporting the anti-hero.
SING!
{Must be properly sung with the right tempo and everything!}
Sometimes I feel like everybody is a little baby
And I'm a monster on the hill
Too big to hang out, slowly lurching toward your favorite city
Pierced through the heart, but never killed