Directions: Work with your group to do the following:
1. Take out a sheet of paper!
2. Sort the song lyrics into the figurative language categories to which
they belong.
3. If a lyric can fit into more than one category, put it under the “Multiple”
category.
When your group is finished sorting, work on your OWN to do the following:
1. Choose your favorite song lyric.
2. Write the lyric NEATLY on a piece of computer paper (ask Miss Soto for
the paper).
3. Write what type of figurative language it is under the lyric. For
example, simile, metaphor, etc.
4. Draw a picture of the lyric.
5. Tell what the lyric means
Here’s Miss Soto’s example:
Song Lyric:
A mind with a heart of its own
Yes a mind with a heart of its own
"A Mind With A Heart Of Its Own" by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
Type of Figurative Language:
Personification
Picture:
What it means:
Sometimes we think with our heads and sometimes we think with
our hearts. Sometimes our hearts take over.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Multiple
In your house I long to be;
Room by room patiently,
I'll wait for you there, like a stone.
I'll wait for you there, Alone.
"Like A Stone" by Audioslave
I am not your rolling wheels, I am
the highway.
I am not your carpet, I am the sky.
I am not your blowing wind, I am
the lightning.
I am not your autumn moon; I am
the night.
"I Am the Highway" by Audioslave
You lie like the man with the slick
back hair who sold me that Ford.
Well, you lie like the pine tree in
the back yard after last month's
storm.
Well, you lie like a penny in the
parking lot at the grocery store.
It just comes way too natural to
you,
The way you lie.
"You Lie" by The Band Perry
You lie like a priceless
Persian rug on a rich man's
floor.
Well, you lie like a coon
dog basking in the
sunshine on my porch.
Well, you lie like a penny in
the parking lot at the
grocery store.
It just comes way too
natural to you,
The way you lie.
"You Lie" by The Band
Perry
Yesterday, love was such
an easy game to play
Now I need a place to
hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
"Yesterday" by The
Beatles
I guess he's an Xbox and I'm
more Atari,
But the way you play your
game ain't fair.
"Forget You!" by Cee-Lo
Green
I look at the world and I notice
it's turning
While my guitar gently weeps
With every mistake we must
surely be learning
Still my guitar gently weeps
I'm so glad that she's my
little girl
She's so glad, she's telling
all the world
"While My Guitar Gently
Weeps" by The Beatles
Remember those walls I
built?
Well, baby they're tumbling
down
And they didn't even put up
a fight
They didn't even make a
sound
Friday night arrives without a
suitcase
Sunday morning creep in like a
nun
Monday's child has learned to
tie his bootlace
See how they run
"Lady Madonna" by The Beatles
I found a way to let you in
But, I never really had a doubt
Standing in the light of your halo
I got my angel now
"Halo" by Beyoncé
"I Feel Fine" by The Beatles
"Halo" by Beyonce
You'll be my soft and sweet
I'll be your strong and
steady
…
You'll be my sunny day
I'll be your shade tree
You'll be my honeysuckle
I'll be your honey bee
"Honey Bee" by Blake
Shelton
Oh, this is how it starts,
lightning strikes the heart
It goes off like a gun, brighter
than the sun
Oh, we could be the stars,
falling from the sky
Shining how we want, brighter
than the sun
"Brighter Than The Sun" by
Colbie Caillat
My heart's a stereo
It beats for you, so listen close
Hear my thoughts in every note
Make me your radio
And turn me up when you feel
low
This melody was meant for you
Just sing along to my stereo
"Stereo Hearts" by Gym Class
Heroes
I was born in a crossfire
hurricane
And I howled at my ma in the
driving rain
"Jumping Jack Flash" by The
Rolling Stones
Now and then I think of
when we were together
Like when you said you felt
so happy you could die
"Somebody That I Used To
Know" by Gotye
Do you ever feel like a
plastic bag,
Drifting through the wind
Wanting to start again?
"Firework" by Katy Perry
Do you ever feel, feel so
paper thin
Like a house of cards,
One blow from caving in?
"Firework" by Katy Perry
You just gotta ignite the
light, and let it shine
Just own the night like the
4th of July
"Firework" by Katy Perry
'Cause baby you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what
you're worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh"
As you shoot across the sky
She comes in colors everywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
"She's A Rainbow" by The
Rolling Stones
"Firework" by Katy Perry
When I get older
I will be stronger
They'll call me 'Freedom'
just like a wavin' flag
"Wavin' Flag" by K’NAAN
Have you seen her dressed in
blue?
See the sky in front of you
And her face is like a sail
Speck of white so fair and
pale
Have you seen a lady fairer?
"She's A Rainbow" by The
Rolling Stones
Have you seen her all in gold?
Like a queen in days of old
She shoots her colors all around
Like a sunset going down
Have you seen a lady fairer?
"She's A Rainbow" by The
Rolling Stones
I'd rather eat my soup with a
fork
Or drive a cab in New York
Cuz to talk to you is harder work
"Poem To A Horse" by Shakira
So what's the point of wasting all
my words
If it's just the same or even worse
Than reading poems to a horse
"Poem To A Horse" by Shakira
You, with your words like knives
And swords and weapons that you
use against me
"Mean" by Taylor Swift
You, with your voice like nails on a
chalkboard
Calling me out when I'm wounded
"Mean" by Taylor Swift