Question

name: date: 1/23/20 class pd:
word bank:
simile: \a comparison using like or as.\
metaphor: \a comparison without using like or as.\
hyperbole: \a humorous and obvious exaggeration.\
personification: \giving non - human things, human - like abilities.\
idiom: \a commonly used phrase/expression to replace a more crass or abrasive phrase.\
allusion: \an inexplicit reference to something else.\
alliteration:
epetition of the same consonant.\
synechdoche: \a figure of speech using a word to represent a whole.\
directions: for each of the lyrics below, identify what kind of figurative language taylor uses to express an idea or feeling.

1. \i ask the traffic lights if itll be alright they say, i dont know.\ - taylor swift, death by a thousand cuts

figurative language:

1. \i knew you, tried to change the ending, peter losing wendy....\ - taylor swift, cardigan

figurative language:

1. \losing him was blue, like id never known.\ - taylor swift, red (taylors version)

figurative language:

1. \missing him was dark grey, all alone.\ - taylor swift, red (taylors version)

figurative language:

1. \long drive, could end in burning flames or paradise.\ - taylor swift, style

figurative language:

1. \were all bored, were all so tired of everything..\ - taylor swift, new romantics

figurative language:

1. \we called it off again last night...\ - taylor swift, we are never ever getting back together (taylors version)

figurative language:

1. \balancing on breaking branches, those eyes add insult to injury.\ - taylor swift, exile.

figurative language:

Explanation:

1. Traffic lights (non-human) are given the human ability to speak, matching personification.
2. References the Peter Pan story without explicit naming, matching allusion.
3. Uses "like" to compare grief to the color blue, matching simile.
4. Compares the feeling of loss to the color dark grey without "like/as", matching metaphor.
5. "Burning flames" and "paradise" exaggerate possible outcomes of the drive, matching hyperbole.
6. Repeats the "we're all" consonant/sound structure, matching alliteration.
7. "Called it off" is a common phrase for ending a relationship, matching idiom.
8. "Add insult to injury" is a common established phrase, matching idiom.

Answer:

1. personification
2. allusion
3. simile
4. metaphor
5. hyperbole
6. alliteration
7. idiom
8. idiom