Music With Figurative Language

Nate Faust

Simile

• Simile is comparing two things with words such as “like” and “as”.

• Cold as Ice by Foreigner

• “She’s as cold as ice”

Metaphor

• Metaphor is comparing two things without words such as “like” and “as”.

• Hound Dog by Elvis Presley

• I ain’t nothing but a hound dog

Alliteration

• Alliteration is the repetition of a sound.

• Winter Wonderland by a lot of different people

• Walking in a Winter Wonderland.

Hyperbole

• Hyperbole is exaggerating a figure of speech.

• Titanium by David Guetta (feat. Sia)

• I’m bullet proof, nothing to lose…

Onomatopoeia

• Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

• Boom Boom Pow by Black Eyed Peas • Boom Boom Boom

Imagery

• Imagery is painting a picture with words

• Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by The Beatles

• Cellophane flowers of yellow and green…