Figurative Language

1. Figurative Language

2. Figurative Language • Figurative language is language used in writing to make it more expressive. It is not meant to be taken literally! • Some different types of figurative language are: simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole.

3. Simile • Simile is a comparison between two unlike objects using the words like or as. • Ex. Her smile is as bright as the sun.

4. The Rhythm of Lifeby Edwin McCain The rhythm of lifeHeaven withstanding and smiling we're all swept awayThe rhythm of lifeIs not so demanding as some caught in narrows would say

5. Fragile as ships as we pass through GibraltarThe sirens have long given wayDark as the murky graveyard of sailorsWhispering secrets told in the crashing waves

6. The beating of heartsSet walls to trembling The power of silence persuadesThe stumbling feetThey stagger predestined We all end up wild eyed and crazed

7. And from that madness Most jaded of visionReflections of horror invadeRunning and falling Relinquish your venomThe antidote surely will cause your affliction to fade

8. How little we know of what we are blessed withOur shimmering island it turnsHow little we look at what we see clearlyOf tragedy's lessons not learned

9. Sleeping through classes We'll make it up laterThere's still so much time left to goMisguided roses We bloom in OctoberEmerging triumphant in time for the season's first snow

10. Metaphor • Metaphor is a comparison between two unlike objects saying that one thing is the other. • Ex. Her hair is silk.

11. I Am An Illusionby Rob Thomas Take this confusion Runnin’ round my head Take back my unkind words Lay that weight on me instead I’m the place where everything turns sour Where you gonna run to now

12. Wrong step We got off track We need someone to help us get back now Worn thin Awful state I was in I believe I was losing me, now I’m found I am found

13. I’m not real anymore I am an illusion I’m not real anymore I am an illusion

14. I am the damage I am the relief Sometimes I’m people I never hoped that I would be If I take in whatever they turn out What’s that gonna make me now Don’t you understand

15. I’m not real anymore I am an illusion I’m not real anymore I am an illusion

16. Wrong step We got off track We need someone to help us get back now Worn thin Awful state I was in I believe they were fooling me Now I’m down. Well, I am down

17. I’m not real anymore I am an illusion I’m not real anymore I am an illusion I’m not real anymore I am an illusion I’m not real anymore I am an illusion

18. Personification • Personification is giving human qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics to inanimate (non-living) objects. • Ex. The wind sang as it blew through the trees.

19. Bold As Loveby Jimi Hendrix Anger he smiles towering in shiny metallic purple armor. Queen jealousy, envy waits behind him. Her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground. Blue are the life giving waters taking for granted, they quietly understand.

20. Once happy turquoise armies lay opposite ready, but wonder why the fight is on. But they're all, bold as love. They're all bold as love. They're all bold as love. Just ask the Axis.

21. My red is so confident he flashes trophies of war and ribbons of euphoria. Orange is young, full of daring but very unsteady for the first go 'round.

22. My yellow in this case is not so mellow. In fact I'm trying to say it's frightened like me. And all of these emotions of mine keep holding me from giving my life to a rainbow like you.

23. Well, I'm bold as love. I’m bold as love. Hear me talkin', girl. I'm bold as love. Just ask the Axis. He knows everything.

24. Onomatopoeia • Onomatopoeia is the imitation of natural sounds in word form. They are words that sound like their meaning. • Ex. Hiss! Buzz! Zip!

25. Onomatopoeiaby Todd Rundgren Onomatopoeia every time I see ya My senses tell me hubba And I just cant disagree I get a feeling in my heart that I can’t describe

26. It’s sort of lub, dub, lub, dub A sound in my head that I can’t describe It’s sort of zoom, zip, hiccup, drip Ding, dong, crunch, crack, bark, meow, whinnie, quack

27. Onomatopoeia in proximity ya Rearrange my brain in a strange cacophony I get a feeling somewhere that I can’t describe

28. It’s sort of uh, uh, uh, uh A sound in my head that I can’t describe It’s sort of whack, whir, wheeze, whine Sputter, splat, squirt, scrape

29. Clink, clank, clunk, clatter Crash, bang, beep, buzz Ring, rip, roar, retch Twang, toot, tinkle, thud

30. Pop, plop, plunk, pow Snort, snuk, sniff, smack Screech, splash, squish, squeek Jingle, rattle, squeel, boing Honk, hoot, hack, belch

31. Repetition • Repetition is the repeated use of a sound, syllable, word, phrase, line or stanza. Repetition helps govern the rhythm of a poem • Ex. Row, row, row your boat Gently down the stream Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily Life is but a dream

32. Dreaming with a Broken Heartby John Mayer When you’re dreaming with a broken heart The waking up is the hardest part You roll out of bed and down on your knees And for a moment you can hardly breathe, wondering

33. Was she really here? Is she standing in my room? No, she’s not ‘Cause she’s gone, gone, gone, gone, gone

34. When you’re dreaming with a broken heart The giving up is the hardest part She takes you in with her crying eyes Then all at once, you have to say goodbye, wondering

35. Could you stay, my love? And will you wake up by my side? No, she can’t ‘Cause she’s gone, gone, gone, gone, gone

36. Now do I have to fall asleep with roses in my hand? Do I have to fall asleep with roses in my hand? Do I have to fall asleep with roses in my hand? Do I have to fall asleep with roses in my hand?

37. And would you get them if I did? No, you won’t ‘Cause you’re gone, gone, gone, gone, gone

38. When you’re dreaming with a broken heart The waking up is the hardest part

39. Alliteration • Alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant. • Ex. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

40. Hyperbole • Hyperbole is extreme exaggeration. • Ex. I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

41. Who Says You Can’t Go Homeby Bon Jovi I spent 20 years trying to get out of this place I was looking for something I couldn’t replace I was running away from the only thing I’ve ever known

42. Like a blind dog without a bone I was a gypsy lost in the twilight zone I hijacked a rainbow and crashed into a pot of gold

43. I been there, done that, and I ain’t lookin’ back on the seeds I’ve sown Saving dimes, spending too much time on the telephone Who says you can’t go home?

44. Who says you can’t go home There’s only one place they call me one of their own Just a hometown boy, born a rolling stone Who says you can’t go home?

45. Who says you can’t go back? I’ve been all around the world as a matter of fact There’s only one place left I want to roam Who says you can’t go home?

46. It’s alright It’s alright It’s alright It’s alright It’s alright

47. I went as far as I could, I tried to find a new face There isn’t one of these lines that I would erase I lived a million miles of memories on that road

48. With every step that I take I know that I’m not alone You take the home from the boy, but not the the boy from his home These are my streets, the only life I’ve ever known Who says you can’t go home?

49. Who says you can’t go home? There’s only one place they call me one of their own Just a hometown boy, born a rolling stone Who says you can’t go home?

50. Who says you can’t go back? I been all around the world as a matter of fact There’s only one place left I want to roam Who says you can’t go home?