Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else, you are using figurative language.

Similes and Metaphors

• • Simile - A comparison of two things using “like” or “as” “You’re as cold as ice” (“Cold As Ice”, Foreigner) • • Metaphor - A comparison of two things which are not alike without using “like” or “as” “Your love is a symphony” (“Your Love Is A Song”, Switchfoot)

Simile or Metaphor?

• “She’s like a song played again and again” –”Replay”, Sean Kingston • Simile!

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Simile or Metaphor?

“You are the thunder, and I am the lightning” – “Naturally”, Selena Gomez Metaphor!

Other Types of Figurative Language

• • Personification - A figure of speech in which a thing, quality, or idea is represented as a person “The moonlight dancin’ off your skin” (“History In The Making”, Darius Rucker)

Other Types of Figurative Language

• • Hyperbole - Exaggeration, not meant to be taken literally “Cause I’m worth a million, ga-zillion, fa fillion dollars” (“Number One Spot”, Ludacris)

Other Types of Figurative Language

• • Onomatopoeia - Formation of a word by imitating the natural sound of the object or action involved “I got that boom, boom, boom” (“Boom Boom Pow”, Black Eyed Peas)

• • Personification, Hyperbole, or Onomatopoeia?

“You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes” Michael Jackson “Thriller”, Personification!

• • Personification, Hyperbole, or Onomatopoeia?

“Tick! Tock! on the clock but the party don’t stop” – “Tik Tok”, Ke$ha Onomatopoeia!

• • Personification, Hyperbole, or Onomatopoeia?

“You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies lit up the world as I fell asleep” – “Fireflies”, Owl City Hyperbole!

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Review Time!!

Number a piece of paper 1-10.

Identify the type of figurative language used.

1. “Steady as a preacher, Free as a weed” • “American Honey”, Lady Antebellum

2. “Cause you know I’d walk a thousand miles if I could just see you tonight” • “A Thousand Miles”, Vanessa Carlton

3. “You make me smile like the sun, fall out of bed, sing like a bird, dizzy in my head, spin like a record, crazy on a Sunday night” • “Smile”, Uncle Kracker

4. “She’s a Saturn with a sunroof with her brown hair a-blowing, she’s a soft place to land • “She’s Everything”, Brad Paisley

5. “I just saw Halley’s Comet, she waved” • “Second Chance”, Shinedown

6. “Who let the dogs out? Woof, woof, woof, woof!” • “Who Let The Dogs Out?”, The Baha Men

7. “I’m fighting for this girl on a battlefield of love” • “Down”, Jay Sean ft. Lil Wayne

8. “The walls start breathing” • “It Ends Tonight”, All-American Rejects

9. “I'd jump in front of a train for you, you know I'd do anything for you” • “Grenade”, Bruno Mars

10. “When I met you girl, my heart went Knock! Knock!” • “One Time”, Justin Bieber

Answers:

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Simile 2.

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Hyperbole Simile Metaphor Personification Onomatopoeia 7.

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Metaphor Personification 9.

Hyperbole 10.

Onomatopoeia

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Assignment:

Look up the lyrics of some of your favorite songs. Bring lyrics to class, identifying 3 types of figurative language.

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The Jolly Rancher Game!

Raise your hand if you think you know the definition and I will call on you.

Classmates: If you agree, raise your hand.

For each question, those students with the right answer will receive a Jolly Rancher!

• • • • • Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Personification Onomatopoeia