Answer Key

Figurative Language and Sound Devices in Song Titles

1.  “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” – The Beatles – personification

2. “Bittersweet” – James Taylor - oxymoron

3. “Like a Rolling Stone” – Bob Dylan - simile

4. “One in a Million” – Aaliyah - hyperbole

5. “Love is a Crime” – Anastacia - metaphor

6. “Sad but True” – Metallica - irony

7. “It’s All About the Benjamins” – P. Diddy - symbolism

8. “Early Morning Rain” – Gordon Lightfoot – imagery