Jacob Warren Simile Taylor Swift Mean You with your words like knives In this song she is saying her ex boyfriend is verbally mean to her Metaphor Katy Perry Firework Cause baby youre a firework ID: 738941
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Figurative Language in Songs
Jacob WarrenSlide2
Simile
Taylor Swift- Mean
“You, with your words like knives”
In this song, she is saying her ex boyfriend is verbally mean to herSlide3
Metaphor
Katy Perry- Firework
“Cause baby you’re a firework”
Katy Perry is comparing a person to an explosive fireworkSlide4
Alliteration
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
Rudolph’s full name uses the “R” sound at the beginning of the word three timesSlide5
Hyperbole
Alicia Keys-Girl On Fire
“This girl is on fire”
In the song, she is exaggerating when describing the girlSlide6
Onomatopoeia
Nicki
Minaj
-Super Bass
“Cant you hear that boom,
badoom
, boom, boom,
badoom
, boom, bass”
Nicki
Minaj
is using sounds to describe somethingSlide7
Imagery
Imagine Dragons-It’s Time
“The path to heaven runs through miles of clouded hell right to the top”
These lyrics puts an image in your mind of how hard it will be before you can finally reach success