Figurative Language
Published on Apr 10, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
A simile is a form of figurative language that compares two things using the words "like" or "as".
"And she is yelling at a bridesmaid. Somewhere back inside a room wearing a gown shaped like a pastry." - Taylor Swift, Speak Now
The song lyrics are a simile because they are comparing two things, a gown and a pastry, and because the song has "like" or "as" in the lyric.
A metaphor is a type of figurative language that compares two things without using the words "like" or "as".
"My heart's a stereo, It beats for you so listen close." - Gym Class Heroes and Adam Levine, Stereo Hearts
The lyric, "My heart's a stereo, It beats for you so listen close.", is a metaphor because the lyric is comparing a stereo and a heart without using the terms "like" or "as".
ALLITERATION
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A alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of two or more words in a row.
"Cause, baby, now we got bad blood."
- Taylor Swift, Bad Blood
"Cause, baby, now we got bad blood." is an alliteration because "bad blood" uses the same two sounds at the beginning of both of the words.
Personification is when a characteristic of a living object is used to assign a non-living thing.
"If you only knew what the future holds,"
- Katy Perry, Firework
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The lyric from Katy Perry's song Firework is a personification because it is implying that the future can hold things.
An onomatopoeia is when the world used is spelt like the sound it is describing.
"Boom Clap, the sound of my heat the beat goes on and on and on and on and, Boom Clap, You make me feel good." - Charlie XCX, Boom Clap
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These lyrics have onomatopoeia in them when they say "Boom Clap" more specifically "Boom". This is an onomatopoeia because the sound effect is how you spell it.
HYPERBOLE
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A hyperbole is an exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken seriously.
"And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while.”
- Bruno Mars, Just the Way You Are
This is a hyperbole because in the lyrics it says "The whole world stops and stares for a while.", some people might stop and stare but not the whole world.
REPETITION
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Repetition is the simple repeating of a word, within a sentence or a poetical line.
Cause the players gonna play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate
Baby I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake
Shake it off
Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake
Baby I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake
Shake it off, Shake it off
- Taylor Swift, Shake It Off
You can see in the song lyrics "Shake It Off" that Taylor Swift uses various repetitions. For example, she says "Shake it off, Shake it off" at the end of the stanza.
STANZA
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A group of lines of a verse, usually set off from other groups by a space.
"We were victims of the night,
The chemical, physical, kryptonite
Helpless to the bass and the fading light
Oh, we were bound to get together,
Bound to get together."
- Walk the Moon, Shut up and Dance
This is an example of a stanza because it is separated by the other stanzas with a space.
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