FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Simile, Metaphor, Personification and Hyperbole

“I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!”

T H E W O R D S A N D S AY I N G S W E D O N ’ T M E A N L I T E R A L LY

“I am so hungry, I could eat a horse!” Can a human being eat a whole horse?

Figurative Language (non-literal language)

1. Simile 2. Metaphor 3. Personification 4. Hyperbole

Simile Definition: ________________________________________________________________

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Metaphor Definition: _____________________________________________________________

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Personification Definition: _________________________________________________________

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Hyperbole Definition: ____________________________________________________________

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I D E N T I F Y E A C H O F T H E S E S O N G L Y R I C S A S S I M I L E , M E T A P H O R , P E R S O N I F I C A T I O N , O R H Y P E R B O L E

“I ain’t got nothing but love Babe, eight days a week” (The Beatles). __________________________________________

Explain your answer ______________________________

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs5qsk0pc6Y

I D E N T I F Y T H E D E V I C E U S E D

“It seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind” (Elton John). ______________________________________

Explain your answer: _____________________________

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvux60fqNU8

I D E N T I F Y T H E D E V I C E U S E D

“…and I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain” (Sade).

_____________________________ Explain your answer: ___________________________________________________

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcFGippGI0I&feature=related

I D E N T I F Y T H E D E V I C E U S E D

“This song is drowning in the blood” (Weezer). __________________________________ Explain answer: _____________________________________________________

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENXvZ9YRjbo&ob=av3e

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I D E N T I F Y T H E D E V I C E U S E D

“…and she’s buying a stairway to heaven” (Led Zeppelin). __________________________________ Explain answer: _____________________________________________________

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q7Vr3yQYWQ