Directions: Work with your group to do the following: Take out a sheet of paper! Sort the song lyrics into the figurative language categories to which they belong. 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: Choose your favorite song lyric. Write the lyric NEATLY on a piece of computer paper (ask Miss Soto for the paper). Write what type of figurative language it is under the lyric. For example, simile, metaphor, etc. Draw a picture of the lyric. 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  

You lie like a priceless Persian rug on a rich man's floor 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 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 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 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 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   "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles I'm so glad that she's my little girl She's so glad, she's telling all the world "I Feel Fine" 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 "Halo" by Beyonce 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 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 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

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 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 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 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 I was born in a crossfire hurricane And I howled at my ma in the driving rain   "Jumping Jack Flash" by The Rolling Stones

'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   "Firework" by Katy Perry She comes in colors everywhere; She combs her hair She's like a rainbow   "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 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 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