figurative language

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN LYRICS Click on the microphone to test out your skills!

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TREASURE BY BRUNO MARS

Treasure, that is what you are Honey you're my golden star I know you could make my wish come true If you let me treasure you If you let me treasure you What type of figurative language is being used in this stanza? Click on the correct answer. a) Metaphor b) Simile c) Irony 2

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A metaphor is a comparison that doesn’t use like or as. Bruno is calling his “honey” a golden star. She isn’t literally a golden star but figuratively she is!

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A simile is a comparison using like or as. Bruno never makes a comparison using like or as.

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Irony is an expression that means the opposite of its usual meaning, often for humorous effect. For example, these glasses are as clear as mud. Bruno likely feels this person really is his “treasure”, he is not being sarcastic.

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HIGHER AND HIGHER BY JACKIE WILSON You know your love (your love keeps lifting me) Keep on lifting (love keeps lifting me) Higher (lifting me) Higher and higher (higher) I said your love (your love keeps lifting me) Keep on (love keeps lifting me) Lifting me (lifting me) Higher and higher (higher) What type of figurative language is being used in this stanza? Click on the correct answer. a) Oxymoron b) Alliteration c) Personification 6

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Personification is giving human qualities to non-living things. Jackie sang about “your love” living him higher. Love literally can’t lift you up but figuratively speaking it can make you feel like you’re being lifted up.

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An oxymoron is a phrase where two words contradict and don’t go together, like big shrimp. Jackie doesn’t use an oxymoron in the song.

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Alliteration is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds, like she sells sea shells by the sea shore. While there is some repetition of words, like higher and higher, there isn’t a consistent repetition of consonant sounds.

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LIKE A PRAYER BY MADONNA

Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there Just like a muse to me, you are a mystery Just like a dream, you are not what you seem Just like a prayer, no choice your voice can take me there

What type of figurative language is being used in this stanza? Click on the correct answer. a) Pun b) Simile c) Hyperbole 10

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A simile is a comparison that uses the words like or as. Madonna uses several similes in this stanza, (like a prayer, like a muse, and like a dream).

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A pun is a word or phrase used in a way that gives it a funny twist, like I’ve been to the dentist many times, I know the drill. Madonna doesn’t have any “punny” twists in this stanza.

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A hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point, like I’m so hungry I could eat a horse. While Madonna does give some figurative examples none of them appear to be an extreme exaggeration.

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SHAKE IT OFF BY TALOR SWIFT 'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off

What type of figurative language is being used in this stanza? Click on the correct answer. a) Alliteration b) Onomatopoeia c) Idiom 14

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Alliteration is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds, like she sells sea shells by the sea shore. Ms. Swift repeats the same sound is several places in this stanza. (play, play, play, hate, hate, hate, shake, shake, shake)

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An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it represents, like bang, pop or buzz. Ms. Swift does not use any “sounds” in this stanza.

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An idiom is an expression that doesn’t exactly mean what the words say, like the test was a piece of cake. Ms. Swift doesn’t use any expressions in this stanza.

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