LITERARY

DEVICES
using pop songs (with audio)

John Henry R. Delig

Fr. Gratian Murray, AFSC Integrated School
Grade IX
 INSTRUCTIONS
• Identify the literary device used in each of the
following song lyrics.
• Pay your complete attention to the highlighted
part to narrow down the lyrics and to make it
easier for you to answer.
• Write the complete name of the figure of
speech.
• Wrong spelling is, of course, wrong.
• Break a leg! 
 I've tried playing it cool
But when I'm looking at you
I can't ever be brave
'Cause you make my heart race

Shot me out of the sky

You're my kryptonite
You keep making me weak
Yeah, frozen and can't breathe
1.
 Hey, I've been walking 'round the
city all day
Just to find you walking away, right
out from my arms
And you, you always wanna do
what you do
And I have to find out the truth
From others who are in love with
you (Oh)
2.
 But I, I don't think I'll go on
I, but I know I'm gonna have to try
Lord, give me a reason why
Gonna know what to do
Gonna find out the truth
Gonna see the reason why
Gonna go with the flow
Ain't gonna lose control
'Cause I know I'm gonna win the fight
Screaming yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh yeah (2x)
2.
 Hey yiah yiah
Yiah yea yea
Hey yiah
An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the
next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two
minutes too late
3.
 Sunday morning, rain is falling
Steal some covers, share some skin
Clouds are shrouding us in moments
unforgettable
You twist to fit the mold that I am in
But things just get so crazy, living life gets
hard to do
And I would gladly hit the road, get up and
go if I knew
That someday it would lead me back to you
(2x)
4.
 That may be all I need
In darkness, she is all I see
Come and rest your bones with me
Driving slow on Sunday morning
And I never want to leave

4.
 I used to be so quick, so clever
I used to know myself much better
Anyone can see that this is only
permanent temporary, it never
hurts to try

5.
 When I need motivation
My one solution is my queen
'Cause she stays strong
Yeah, yeah
She is always in my corner
Right there when I want her
All these other girls are tempting
But I'm empty when you're gone
And they say
6.
 Do you need me?
Do you think I'm pretty?
Do I make you feel like cheating?
I'm like no, not really 'cause
[ Oh, I think that I've found myself
a cheerleader
She is always right there when I
need her 2x ]
6.
 She walks like a model
She grants my wishes
Like a genie in a bottle
Yeah, yeah
'Cause I'm the wizard of love
And I got the magic wand
All these other girls are tempting
But I'm empty when you're gone
And they say
6.
 Gotta change my answering machine
Now that I'm alone Cause right now it says
that we Can't come to the phone
And I know it makes no sense
Cause you walked out the door
But it's the only way I hear your voice
anymore It's been months
And for some reason I just And I'm stronger
than this No more walking round With my
head down I'm so over being blue Crying
over you
7.
 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?
7.
 I can't get no satisfaction
I can't get no satisfaction
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no
When I'm drivin' in my car
And that man comes on the radio
And he's tellin' me more and more
About some useless information
Supposed to fire my imagination
8.
 Hello darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in
my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.
9.
 I can show you the world
Shining, shimmering, splendid
Tell me, princess, now when did
You last let your heart decide?

I can open your eyes

Take you wonder by wonder
Over sideways and under
On a magic carpet ride
10.
 I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone

I walk this empty street

On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk alone

I walk alone
11.
 My shadow's the only one that
walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing
that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out
there will find me
'Til then I walk alone
11.
 All the single ladies
Now put your hands up
Up in the club, we just broke up
I'm doing my own little thing
You decided to dip but now you wanna
trip Cause another brother noticed me
I'm up on him, he up on me
don't pay him any attention
Cause I cried my tears, for three good
years Ya can't be mad at me
12.
 Cause if you liked it then you
should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you should've
put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he
want it
If you liked it then you should've
put a ring on it
12.
You gotta go and get Angry at all of my honesty
You know I try but I don't do too well with
apologies I hope I don't run out of time, could
someone call a referee? Cause I just need one
more shot at forgiveness I know you know that
I Made those mistakes maybe once or twice
And by once or twice I Mean Maybe a couple a
hundred times So let me oh let me Redeem oh
redeem oh myself tonight Cause I just need
one more shot at second chances
13.
 Is it too late now to say sorry?
Cause I'm missing more than just your
body, ohh
Is it too late now to say sorry?
Yeah I know that I let you down
Is it too late to say I'm sorry now?
I'm sorry yeah
Sorry yeah
Sorry
Yeah I know that I let you down
13.
Is it too late to say I'm sorry now?
 Toupee or not toupee
That is the question
It refused to stay as it all turned
grey;
William Shakespeare's receding
hair
'It's hair today, gone tomorrow'
So be thankful
For what precious locks you have
14.
 My heart's a stereo
It beats for you, so listen close
Hear my thoughts in every nooo-te
Make me your radio
And turn me up when you feel low
This melody was meant for you
Just sing along to my stereo
15.
 Give me a second I,
I need to get my story straight
My friends are in the bathroom getting
higher than the Empire State My lover
she’s waiting for me just across the bar
My seat’s been taken by some
sunglasses asking 'bout a scar, and I
know I gave it to you months ago
I know you’re trying to forget

16.
But between the drinks and subtle things
The holes in my apologies, you know
I’m trying hard to take it back
So if by the time the bar closes
And you feel like falling down
I’ll carry you home
Tonight
We are young
So let’s set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun
16.
 What do you mean?
Ohh ohh ohh
When you nod your head yes
But you wanna say no
What do you mean?
Hey yeah
When you don't want me to move
But you tell me to go
What do you mean?
Ohh
17.
 Oh girl you’re beauty is fantastic
That a magic stressing action now I
want to say you’re fabulous I keep
on looking you keep smiling I feel I
should plan it too
‘Coz you’re fantabulous I wanna
tell you girl that you’re so much
more than a breath taking view
18.
 Up, up and away, away from me
Well, it's alright You can all sleep sound
tonight I'm not crazy or anything I can't
stand to fly I'm not that naïve
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees I'm
only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way
street
19.
 They can imitate you
But they can't duplicate you
Cause you got something special
That makes me wanna taste you
I want it all day long
I'm addicted like it's wrong
I want it all day long
I'm addicted like it's wrong
20.
 Whatcha gon
Whatcha gon do with that dessert
...
Murder that, murder that
Dancefloor, dancefloor
...
Murder that
Murder that
Murder that
20.
Answers
1. Metaphor 11. Personification
2. Idiom 12. Metonymy
3. Situational Irony 13. Anaphora
4. Synecdoche 14. Pun
5. Oxymoron 15. Metaphor
6. Simile 16. Hyperbole
7. alliteration 17. Verbal Irony
8. Litotes 18. Portmanteau
9. Apostrophe 19. Allusion
10. Personification 20. Anaphora