Songs and Figurative Language
Find The Figurative Language
Teacher Choice
Match The Example
Match The Name
100

What type of figurative language is in this song?

"You're gonna hear me roar

Roar, roar, roar, roar, roar"

Onomatopoeia 

100

Find the figurative language in this sentence.

He had to bite the bullet and just tell her. 

bite the bullet- Idiom

100

What is another word for central idea of a passage or novel?

Theme

100

What type of figurative Language is this?

Hold your horses.

Idiom

100

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

200

What type of figurative language is this lyric?


"And when you smile

The whole world stops and stares for a while"

Hyperbole

200

Find the figurative language in this sentence.

The waterfall stretched for millions of miles.

millions of miles- hyperbole

200

Who is usually the good guy in a novel?

Protagonist

200

What is Type of figurative Language is this?

BOOM! POW!

Onomatopoeia

200

What is the name of the type of Figurative Language that has this definition?

Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as".

Simile

300

What type of figurative language is this lyric?


“Running to the altar like a track star”

Simile 

300

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Find the figurative language in this sentence. 

The classroom was so loud and crazy it was a zoo!

classroom and zoo- Metaphor

300

Who is usually the bad guy in a novel?

Antagonist

300

What is type of figurative Language is this?

Susan is as gentle as a kitten.

Simile 

300

What is the name of the type of Figurative Language that has this definition?

Comparing two unlike things without using like or as. Calling one thing another.

Metaphor

400

What type of figurative language is this lyric?

"Cause baby, now we got bad blood"

 Idiom

or 

Alliteration

400

Find the figurative language in this sentence.

The race car Zoomed around the track.

Zoomed-Onomatopoeia

400

What are the three main conflicts?

Man vs Man, Self, Nature, God, Society

400

What is Type of figurative Language is this?

The mom was a bear this morning.

Metaphor

400

What is the name of the type of Figurative Language that has this definition

sally sells seashells by the sea shore

Alliteration 

500

What type of figurative language in this lyric?


“Whisper words of wisdom, 

let it be.”

Alliteration (repeating w sound)

500

find the figurative language in this sentence 

the dog looked like a stick 


dog and stick - simile 

500

Who is the antagonist of Frankenstein?

Victor

500

What is Type of figurative Language is this?

Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Pepper

Alliteration
500

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What is the name of the type of Figurative Language that has this definition?

The leaves danced in the wind.

personification