Singles
What was the lead single from Taylor's album "Lover"?
"Me!"
How many studio albums has Taylor released?
9 studio albums
What Taylor Swift album is famous for having an abundance of SAT level/have-to-have-a-dictionary-to-understand words?
"folklore"
What mythology is alluded to in "State of Grace" with this lyric: "You're my Achilles heel"
Greek Mythology
Give an example of a Taylor Swift lyric that uses a simile
Possible examples:
“You call me up again just to break me like a promise”
- All Too Well
“August sipped away like a bottle of wine”
- august
What was Taylor Swift's first song to go #1?
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
What Taylor Swift album featured the song "Sparks Fly"?
"Speak Now"
Give an example of a Taylor Swift lyric that uses sarcasm
Possible answers:
“With some indie record that's much cooler than mine”
- We Are Never Getting Back Together
This Taylor song alludes to TWO very popular works of literature: "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare and "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Love Story"
Give an example of a Taylor Swift lyric that uses a metaphor
Possible answers:
“Love's a fragile little flame, it could burn out”
- I Know Places
“I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here”
- All Too Well
“We were a fresh page on the desk"
- Cornelia Street
What was the first song Taylor ever released?
"Tim McGraw"
What album did Taylor Swift release in 2017 after her three year hiatus?
"reputation"
Vivid imagery is used heavily in this "evermore" song, giving it a poetic feel
"ivy"
What poet was alluded to in Taylor Swift's song "the lakes"?
William Wordsworth
What figurative language is used in this lyric from "Red": "faster than the wind"
Hyperbole
What songs were singles (but not really singles) for Taylor's "folklore" and "evermore" albums?
"Cardigan" and "Willow"
What albums has Taylor won the Album of the Year Grammy for?
"Fearless", "1989", and "folklore"
This song from "Fearless" is known for its use of parallelism ("the usage of repeating words and forms to give pattern and rhythm to a passage, either to juxtapose contrasting ideas or connect similar ideas.") in the pre chorus
"You Belong With Me"
What book/book character was alluded to in Taylor Swift's song "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things"?
The Great Gatsby/Gatsby
What literary device is used in this lyric from "Death by a Thousand Cuts": "I ask the traffic lights if it'll be alright, they say 'I don't know'"
Personification
What Taylor Swift single has the most streams?
"Me!"
What was the name of the EP Taylor release between Debut and Fearless?
What literary device is used in the chorus of "Out of the Woods"?
Repetition
"The best of times, the worst of crimes" lyric from "Getaway Car" is an allusion to what work by Charles Dickens?
A Tale of Two Cities
The lyric "And he's long gone when he's next to me" from "I Knew You Were Trouble" uses what figurative language?
Oxymoron