Song Lyrics featuring Figurative Language

Terms in this set (36)

Alliteration
"This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late"

"Far Away"
by Nickelback
Simile
"She's like a song played again and again"

"Replay"
by Sean Kingston
Personification
"You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes"

"Thriller"
by Michael Jackson
Hyperbole
"You would not believe your eyes
If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep"

"Fireflies"
by Owl City
Onomatopoeia
"Tick! Tock! on the clock
but the party don't stop"

"Tik Tok"
by Ke$sha
Simile
"Steady as a preacher
Free as a weed"

"American Honey"
by Lady Antebellum
Hyperbole
"Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could just see you
Tonight"

"A Thousand Miles"
by Vanessa Carlton
Alliteration
"Can you imagine no first
dance, freeze dried
romance, five-hour phone
conversation"

"Drops of Jupiter"
by Train
Simile
" You make me smile like the sun
Fall out of bed, sing like a bird
Dizzy in my head, spin like a record
Crazy on a Sunday night"

"Simile"
by Uncle Kracker
Alliteration
"You see the hate
that they servin' on a platter
So what we gonna have,
dessert or disaster?"

"Knock You Down"
by Keri Hilson
Metaphor
"That you were Romeo
You were throwing pebbles
And my dad said
Stay away from Juliet"

"Love Story"
by Taylor Swift
Simile
"Smooth as a hickory wind
That blow from Memphis
Down to Apalachicola"

Southern Voice
by Tim McGraw
Alliteration
"Imagine a dirt road full of
potholes, with a creek bank
and some cane poles
catching channel cat"

"A Little More Country Than That"
by Easton Corbin
Simile
"The truth comes out a little at a time
And it spreads just like a fire
Slips off of your tongue
like turpentine"

"White Liar"
by Miranda Lambert
Onomatopoeia
"I got that boom, boom, boom
That future boom, boom, boom"

"Boom Boom Pow"
by The Black Eyed Peas
Metaphor
"You are the thunder,
and I am the lighting"

"Naturally"
by Selena Gomez
Hyperbole
"I search around the world
But I can't seem to find
Someone to love"

"Somebody to Love"
by Leighton Meester
Alliteration
"I can't even fall for some other man
Cause brother man
You know how to get hip to my heart"

"Hip to My Heart"
by The Band Perry
Onomatopoeia
"When I met you girl,
My heart went
Knock! Knock!

"One Time"
by Justin Bieber
Metaphor
"You could be a sweet dream
or a beautiful nightmare
Either way I don't want to
wake up from you"

"Sweet Dreams"
by Beyonce
Simile
"I've been awake
for a while now
You got me feelin'
like a child now"

"Bubbly"
by Colbie Caillat
Personification
"Our hearts are hungry
for a food that won't come"

"Live Like We're Dying"
by Kris Allen
Hyperbole
"A thousands times before
I've wondered if there's something more
Something more"

"Rain"
by Creed
Personification
"I just wanted to take this in,
The moonlight dancin' off your skin"

"History in the Making"
by Darius Ruckers
Metaphor
"She's a Saturn with a sunroof
With her brown hair a-blowing
She's a soft place to land
And a good feeling knowing
She's a warm conversation
That I wouldn't miss for nothing
She's a fighter when she's mad
And she's a lover when she's loving"

"She's Everything"
by Brad Paisley
Alliteration
"Little darling,
It's been a long cold lonely winter"

"Here Comes the Sun"
by The Beatles
Onomatopoeia
"Who let the dogs out?
Woof, woof, woof, woof!"

"Who Let the Dogs Out"
by The Baha Men
Personification
"I just saw Halley's Comet,
she waved
Said why are you always
running in place?"

"Second Chance"
by Shinedown
Simile
"I need you like a
heart needs a beat"

"Apologize"
by One Republic ft. Timbaland
Metaphor
"I'm fighting for this girl
On a battlefield of love:

"Down"
by Jay Sean
Onomatopoeia
"Beep, beep, beep, beep!
Who got the keys to the Jeep?
Vrooooooom!:

"Beep Beep"
by Timbaland & Magoo ft. Missy Elliot
Alliteration
"This one goes out to the
man who mines for miracles"

"We weren't Born to Follow"
by Bon Jovi
Metaphor
"...he's candy-coated
misery, he's a devil in disguise,
a snake with blue eyes"

"Cowboy Casanova"
by Carrie Underwood
Simile
"The last time we talked
The night that I walked
Burns like an iron
in the back of my mind"

"Life After You"
by Chris Daughtry
Personification
"One day Justice will come
and find you
And I'll be right there in your
memory to remind you"

"Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You"
by Kellie Pickler
Metaphor
"But you put on quite a show
Really had me goin'
But now it's time to go
Curtain's finally closin'
That was quite a show
Very entertainin'
But it's over now
Go on and take a bow"

"Take a Bow"
by Rihanna
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