Name: ________________________________ Date: ________________________

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE LYRICS REWRITE

You will be creating examples of figurative language in music. Specifically, you will need to create an example for a:

1) Hyperbole2) Idiom3) Personification 4) Simile5) Metaphor6) Alliteration7) Onomatopoeia

Directions:PART 1:1) Go to songfacts.com and search the name of the song and singer, with the word “lyrics” for the video.3) Read the lyrics to the music. Find the example(s) of figurative language in the song.4) Choose 1 to rewrite the lyrics using figurative language. The lyrics and song MUST BE SCHOOL APPROPRIATE. 5) Analyze the tone and mood of the song.

PART 2:Next, put together a Power Point presentation. You will make 1 slide for each type of figurative language.1) You must include a title (name of the figurative language)2) Define the figurative language3) Identify the name of the song4) Add a picture that relates to your song5) Link to song on songfacts.com (lyrics version)6) Lyrics Example