“It might seem crazy what I’m about to say / Sunshine she’s here, you can take a break / I’m a hot air balloon that could go to space.” - "Happy" by Pharrell Williams
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
2. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
"And I'm so sick of love songs, so tired of tears / So done with wishing you were still here / Said I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow / So why can't I turn off the radio?" - "So Sick" by Ne-Yo
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
metaphor
alliteration
3. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
“I’d catch a grenade for you / Throw my head on a blade for you / I’d jump in front of a train for you.” - "Grenade" by Bruno Mars
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
alliteration
4. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
"Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk / I'm a woman's man—no time to talk / Music loud and women warm / I've been kicked around since I was born." - "Staying Alive" by The Bee Gees
metaphor
alliteration
hyperbole
personification
5. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
"Mmm bop, ba duba dop / Ba du bop, ba duba dop / Ba du bop, ba duba dop / Ba du." - "MMM Bop" by Hanson
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
simile
personification
6. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
"I look at you all / See the love there that's sleeping / While my guitar gently weeps / I look at the floor / And I see it needs sweeping." - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
personification
7. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
“Do you ever feel like a plastic bag / Drifting through the wind…/ Do you know that there’s still a chance for you / ‘Cause there’s a spark in you… /" - "Firework" by Katy Perry
metaphor
simile
personification
onomatopoeia
8. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
"How does it feel / How does it feel / To be without a home / Like a complete unknown / Like a rolling stone?" - "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan
simile
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
9. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
"A broom is drearily sweeping / Up the broken pieces of yesterday's life / Somewhere a queen is weeping / Somewhere a king has no wife / And the wind, it cries Mary." - "The Wind it Cries Mary" by Jimi Hendrix
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
alliteration
10. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
"Splish, splash, I was takin' a bath / Long about a Saturday night, yeah / A rub dub, just relaxin' in the tub / Thinkin' everythin' was alright." - "Splish Splash" by Bobby Darin
simile
personification
onomatopoeia
metaphor
11. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
"They paved paradise / And put up a parking lot / With a pink hotel, a boutique / And a swinging hot spot." - "Big Yellow Taxi" by Counting Crows
alliteration
onomatopoeia
simile
hyperbole
12. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
"You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog / Quit snoopin’ ’round my door / You can wag your tail / But I ain’t gonna feed you no more." - "Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
alliteration
13. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
"I’m the sunshine in your hair / I’m the shadow on the ground / I’m the whisper in the wind / I’m your imaginary friend." - "I'm Already There" by Lonestar
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
14. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
"You‘re a falling star / You‘re the getaway car / You‘re the line in the sand / When I go too far." - "Everything" by Michael Buble
personification
simile
metaphor
alliteration
15. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
"No sun will shine in my day today / The high yellow moon won’t come out to play / I said darkness has covered my light / And has changed my day into night, yeah." - "Concrete Jungle" by Bob Marley