Comparisons
The type of figurative language used in the song "Dynamite" by BTS.
Life is sweet as honey.
What is a simile?
Life is being compared to honey.
+6 points
The type of figurative language used in the song "Bang bang" by Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj.
Bang.
What is onomatopoeia?
- 5 points
The type of figurative language used in the song "The Wind Cries Mary" by Jimi Hendrix.
The wind cries.
What is personification?
+ 5 points
The type of figurative language used in the song "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley.
Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you.
What is hyperbole?
-100 points
The type of figurative language used in the song "Just Like Fire" by P!NK.
I'm walking on a wire, trying to go higher, within Icarus's desire.
What is allusion?
This is a direct allusion to the Greek myth of Icarus, who flew too close to the sun with wings made of wax and fell to his death.
- 200
The type of figurative language used in the song "Firework" by Katy Perry.
Baby, you're a firework.
What is a metaphor?
"You" are being compared to a firework display.
-4 points
The type of figurative language used in the song "Boom Clap" by Charli XCX.
Boom clap.
What is onomatopoeia?
+7
The type of figurative language used in the song "How it's Done" by HUNTR/X.
Makin' fear afraid to breath.
What is personification?
- 7 points
The type of figurative language used in the song "Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel.
It was the sound of silence.
What is oxymoron?
+ 9 points
The type of figurative language used in the song "Roar" by Katy Perry.
I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter.
What is allusion?
This is a direct pop-culture allusion to the theme song from the movie Rocky III, immediately conjuring images of fighting against the odds and training to win.
+180
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The type of figurative language used in the song "Butter" by BTS.
Smooth like a criminal under cover.
What is a simile?
-2 points
The type of figurative language used in the song "Tick Tick Boom" by The Hives.
Tick tick boom.
What is onomatopoeia?
-3 points
The type of figurative language used in the song "Takedown" by TWICE.
It makes the hatred wanna grow outta my veins.
What is personification?
- 8 points
The type of figurative language used in the song "Midnight Sun" by Zara Larsson.
Midnight Sun.
What is oxymoron?
+ 4 points
The type of figurative language used in the song "Money Trees" by Kendrick Lamar.
A money tree is the perfect place for shade.
What is an idiom?
While referencing an impossible plant, "money tree" is a financial idiom for an ongoing, effortless source of lucrative income.
+2 points
The type of figurative language used in the song "Titanium" byDavid Guetta featuring Sia.
I am titanium.
What is a metaphor?
+1 point
The type of figurative language used in the song "For the First Time in Forever" by Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel.
For the first time in forever.
What is alliteration?
- 6 points
The type of figurative language used in the song "Die With a Smile" by Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga.
Time whispers secrets to the brave.
What is personification?
+10
The type of figurative language used in the song "You Belong With Me" by Taylor Swift.
You've got a smile that could light up this whole town.
What is hyperbole?
+8 points
The type of figurative language used in the song "The Fate of Ophelia" by Taylor Swift.
You dug me out of my grave and saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia.
Add up all the sides
Ophelia is a popular character from Shakespeare's Hamlet.
+ 4
The type of figurative language used in the song "Hey ya!" by OutKast.
Shake it like a Polaroid picture.
What is a simile?
0
The type of figurative language used in the song "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
What is alliteration?
+ 10 points
The type of figurative language used in the song "Choosin' Texas" by Ella Langley.
I-40 gets lonelier with every mile.
What is personification?
+ 7 points
The type of figurative language used in the song "A Thousand Years" by Christina Perri.
I have died every day waiting for you. Darling don't be afraid I have loved you for a thousand years.
What is hyperbole?
+345
The type of figurative language used in the song "Someone You Loved" by Lewis Capaldi.
I let my guard down and then you pulled the rug.
What is an idiom?
To "pull the rug" (or pull the rug out from under someone) means to suddenly withdraw support or unexpectedly change a situation, leaving them hanging.
+ 12