Valentine's Day Figurative Language in Love Songs - Music Lyrics Assignments
Use this fun Valentine’s Day activity to help your students improve their understanding of figurative language by labeling figurative language examples in love song lyrics. Students will read excerpts from popular love songs and label figurative language examples of metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, and oxymoron. This fun Valentine’s Day activity allows students to demonstrate their understanding of poetic literary devices by recognizing figurative language in song lyrics!
Included in This Valentine's Day Figurative Language in Love Song Lyrics Resource:
➡️ 3 Valentine’s Day Figurative Language in Love Songs Assignments: Use these three visually appealing figurative language assignments that include lines taken from popular love song lyrics that contain literary devices. Students are required to label the figurative language used and provide an explanation for each. With lyrics from Taylor Swift, Beyonce, John Legend, Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, Ed Sheeran, and many others, your students will be totally engaged.
➡️ Detailed Teacher Answer Keys: After students have completed the assignments, use these detailed teacher answer keys to review the Valentine’s Day assignments with students. The answer keys include the figurative language used in the example as well as a detailed explanation for why the lyrics include an example of that literary device.
Terms Covered in The Valentine's Day Figurative Language Assignments:
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Oxymoron
- Personification
- Alliteration
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