Figurative Language in Pop Culture

Figurative Language in Pop Culture 

Identify types of figurative language. 

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  1. 00:00:26 

    1. Baby, you're a song...you make me wanna roll my windows down and cruise. 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  2. 00:00:36 

    2. You, with your voice like nails... 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  3. 00:00:45 

    3. He's so fluffy I'm gonna die! 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  4. 00:01:04 

    4. ...cause I'm coming at you like a dark horse. 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole 

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  5. 00:01:47 

    5. The sultan of swat, the king of crash, the colossus of clout! 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  6. 00:02:05 

    6. The wind is howling like the swirling storm inside. 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  7. 00:02:27 

    7. That is the voice of an angel. 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  8. 00:02:28 

    8. Your voice is like a combination of Fergie and Jesus. 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  9. 00:03:13 

    9. That boy is like a disease.

    10. He's like a curse, he's like a drug. 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  10. 00:03:14 

    11. He's a good-time cowboy Casanova... 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  11. 00:03:15 

    12. He looks like a cold drink of water... 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  12. 00:03:16 

    13. But he's candy coated misery.

    14. He's the devil in disguise... 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  13. 00:03:17 

    15. ...a snake with blue eyes. 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  14. 00:03:47 

    16. Sunshine, she's here; you can take a break. 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  15. 00:03:48 

    17. I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space. 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  16. 00:03:48 

    18. ...if you feel like a room without a roof. 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  17. 00:03:49 

    19. Here comes bad news talking this and that. Well give me all you got and don't hold back.  

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  18. 00:04:29 

    20. I could eat about a million and a half of these. 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • alliteration

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  19. 00:04:31 

    21. My mama always said, life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get. 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  20. 00:04:38 

    22. I can hold it down like I'm giving lessons in Physics.  

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  21. 00:05:18 

    23. All my life has been a series of doors in my face... 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  22. 00:05:21 

    24. And maybe it's the party talking, or the chocolate fondue. 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  23. 00:05:21 

    25. Love is an open door. 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  24. 00:05:33 

    26. This girl is on fire! 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  25. 00:05:46 

    27. I get 1,000 hugs from 10,000 lightning bugs... 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  26. 00:05:48 

    28. As they try to teach me how to dance. 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  27. 00:05:58 

    29. I'm covering my ears like a kid.  

    • simile

       
    • metaphor

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  28. 00:06:10 

    30. Smoother than a fresh jar of Skippy.  

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  29. 00:06:22 

    31. I'm gonna love you like a black widow, baby. 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  30. 00:06:40 

    32. Got my head spinning...

    33. My head is under water but I'm breathing fine.  

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  31. 00:06:56 

    34. I wish words were like little toy guns.  

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  32. 00:07:20 

    35. If you could feel my pulse right now it would feel just like a sledge hammer. 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  33. 00:07:31 

    36. Cause darlin' I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream. 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  34. 00:07:46 

    37. Boom, clap, the sound of my heart...the beat goes on and on and on... 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  35. 00:08:04 

    38. So we put our hands up like the ceiling  

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  36. 00:08:15 

    39. Go hard like I got an 808 in my heartbeat... 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

  37. 00:08:15 

    40. And I'm eating at the beat like you gave a little speed to a Great White shark on Shark Week. 

    • metaphor

       
    • simile

       
    • hyperbole

       
    • alliteration

       
    • personification

       
    • onomatopoeia

       

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