Craft Moves in Songs
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- Q1
What literary device is in the following lyric?
“Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.” - The Beatles, "Let it Be"
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Simile
Foreshadowing
30s110.39.C.8.E - Q2
What literary device is in the following lyric?
“You left me falling and landing inside my grave.”
-Juice WRLD, “Lucid Dreams”
Simile
Metaphor
Foreshadowing
30s110.39.C.8.E - Q3
What's the literary device in the lyrics?
“And there’s a dazzling haze, a mysterious way about you, dear; Have I known you twenty seconds or twenty years?”
-Taylor Swift, “Lover”
Hyperbole
Simile
Allusion
30s110.39.C.8.E - Q4
What literary device is present in the lyrics?
“I know nobody to blame, Kurt Cobain, I did this to myself.”
-Jay Z, “Holy Grail”
Personification
Simile
Allusion
30s110.39.C.8.E - Q5
What literary device is present in the lyrics?
“Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body's aching all the time”
-Queen, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Simile
Allusion
Imagery
30s110.39.C.8.E - Q6
What literary device is present in the lyrics?
“We were right until we weren’t
Built a home and watched it burn”
-Miley Cyrus, “Flowers”
Simile
Alliteration
Symbol
30s110.39.C.8.E - Q7
What literary device is present in the lyrics?
“Why'd you throw them stones if you
Had a wild hair of your own or two?
Livin' in your big glass house with a view
I thought you knew.”
-Post Malone, “I had some help”
Foreshadowing
Simile
Allusion/Idiom
30s110.39.C.8.E - Q8
What literary device is present in the lyrics?
"Hey yo, I’m just like my country
I’m young, scrappy and hungry
And I’m not throwing away my shot"
- Lin Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Simile
Alliteration
Metaphor
30s110.39.C.8.E - Q9
What is the literary device in the song?
"Fear’s got a hold on me.”
-Drake, "Fear"
Personification
Allusion
Simile
30s110.39.C.8.E - Q10
What literary device is present in the lyrics?
“We’re just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl.”
-Pink Floyd, “Wish You Were Here”
Simile
Metaphor
Foreshadowing
30s110.39.C.8.E - Q11
What literary device is present?
“And when I hurt, hurting runs off my shoulders.”
Neil Diamond, “Sweet Caroline”
Allusion
Foreshadowing
Simile
Personification, Metaphor
30s110.39.C.8.E - Q12
What literary device is present?
“And, if you don’t know, now you know, Mr. President”
-Lin Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Allusion
Hyperbole
Metaphor
30s110.39.C.8.E - Q13
What devices are present?
“Cause you're hot then you're cold
You're yes then you're no
You're in then you're out
You're up then you're down”
-Katy Perry, “Hot n Cold”
Oxymoron, Antithesis, Parallelism
Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole
Foreshadowing, Tone, Allusion
30s110.39.C.8.E - Q14
What devices are present?
“Familiarity breeds contempt
Don’t put me in the basement/When I want the penthouse of your heart”
-Taylor Swift, “Bejeweled”
Simile
Metaphor
Foreshadowing
30s110.39.C.8.E - Q15
What devices are present?
“I’m gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket.”
-Fergie, “Big Girls Don’t Cry”
Allusion
Metaphor
Simile
30s110.39.C.8.E