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Identifying
in song lyrics
For each of the following extracts from songs, identify and explain the figurative language techniques used.
4
O n th e da y th at I w as bo rn / _________________________________________________________________
dice _________________________________________________________________
the cards were dealt, the _________________________________________________________________
were thrown / I think my
_________________________________________________________________
destiny was drawn.
_________________________________________________________________
- Only You by Keith Urban
_________________________________________________________________
Identifying
Answe
in song lyricsr Key
For each of the following extracts from songs, identify and explain the figurative language techniques used.
_________________________________________________________________
1) The singer isnt literally a hot air balloon. This is a
1
It m igh
about to say
t se e m
/ S
c
u
ra
n
zy what Im _________________________________________________________________
sh in e sh e s metaphor and it means that he is so filled with happiness,
c an t ak e a b re ak / Im_________________________________________________________________
he could float all the way to space - in the same way a
here, yo u uld go _________________________________________________________________
hot air balloon floats over the world.
r b al lo o n t h at c o
a h o t ai _________________________________________________________________
to sp ac e .
rell W illiam_________________________________________________________________
s
- Happy by Phar _________________________________________________________________
4
On th
_________________________________________________________________
e day that I was born / _________________________________________________________________
4) The cards were dealt and the dice were thrown are
dice _________________________________________________________________
The cards were dealt, the metaphors, which mean that his fate was decided for
were thrown / I think my _________________________________________________________________
him. Also the repeated d sounds are an example of
destiny was drawn. _________________________________________________________________
alliteration.
n
- Only You by Keith Urba _________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
5
Yeah, you can be the greate
can be the best / You can be st , yo u
5) The reference to King Kong here is an example of
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
allusion, as the singer is alluding to the story of King
King Kong banging on your ch the
/ You can beat the world, yo est _________________________________________________________________
Kong, and meaning that you can be large and powerful.
win the war / You can talk tou can _________________________________________________________________
Also when he references the world, it is an example of
go banging on his door. God, _________________________________________________________________
synecdoche. He means the part of the world which one
_________________________________________________________________
inhabits.
- Hall of Fame by The Script
Stacey Lloyd 2014
Identifying in
fiction
Someone
once
said,
No
great
mind
has
ever
existed
without
a
touch
of
madness.
Or
something
like
that.
It
was
a
statement
my
first
therapist
was
fond
of
repeating.
In
fact,
she
was
always
saying
it.
It
struck
me
as
odd.
Wasn't
she
supposed
to
be
fixing
me,
not
encouraging
my
flights
of
fancy?
That's
probably
why
my
mother
let
her
go.
Dear
Dr.
Cassie
didn't
want
to
incarcerate
me
here
in
Hell.
She
didn't
think
it
was
necessary.
She
didnt
see
the
need
to
put
me
away.
She
didnt
think
I
was
crazy.
So
my
loving
mother
found
someone
who
did.
And,
like
Alice
down
the
rabbit
hole,
here
I
am.
3 Alliteration
4 let her go
5 Metaphor
6 Verbal Irony
8 Anaphora
Stacey Lloyd 2014
Identifying A
in
nswe
fiction r Key
Someone
once
said,
No
great
mind
has
ever
existed
without
a
touch
of
madness.
Or
something
like
that.
It
was
a
statement
my
first
therapist
was
fond
of
repeating.
In
fact,
she
was
always
saying
it.
It
struck
me
as
odd.
Wasn't
she
supposed
to
be
fixing
me,
not
encouraging
my
flights
of
fancy?
That's
probably
why
my
mother
let
her
go.
Dear
Dr.
Cassie
didn't
want
to
incarcerate
me
here
in
Hell.
She
didn't
think
it
was
necessary.
She
didnt
see
the
need
to
put
me
away.
She
didnt
think
I
was
crazy.
So
my
loving
mother
found
someone
who
did.
And,
like
Alice
down
the
rabbit
hole,
here
I
am.
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