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…