Examples of Figures of Speech in Songs (presentation)

Figures of Speech Simile Simile  - a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, lion , crazy like a fox ). ). Example: You can take everything  have You can !reak everything  am "ike #m made of glass "ike #m made of paper  $o on and try to tear me down  will !e rising from the ground "ike a skyscraper  Metaphor - a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an o!%ect or action to which it is not literally applica!le. Example:  got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire #&ause  am a champion and you#re gonna hear me roar  "ouder, louder than a lion #&ause  am a champion and you#re gonna hear me roar  Hyperbole Hyperbole  - is a figure of speech, which involves an exaggeration exaggeration of  of ideas for the sake of emphasis. Example:  'nd when when you smile he whole world stops and stares for a while #&ause girl, you#re amaing *ust the way you are Example +: f  could fall nto the sky o you think time ould pass me !y #&ause you know #d walk a thousand miles f  could %ust see you, tonight

Personification - is a figure of speech where human ualities are given to animals, o!%ects or ideas. t is the opposite of a metaphor !ut is very similar. Example:

Alliteration is a stylistic literary device identified !y the repeated sound of the first consonant in a series of multiple words, or the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the !eginning of words or in stressed sylla!les of a phrase. Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences, and together with alliteration and consonance serves as one of the !uilding !locks of  verse. Apostrophe - in which an a!sent person, a personified inanimate !eing, or an a!straction is addressed as though present. Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. Onomatopoeia refers to a word that phonetically mimics or resem!les the sound of the thing it descri!es. Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are %oined to create an effect. Anaphora is a literary and rhetorical device in which a word or group of words is repeated at the !eginning of two or more successive clauses or sentences. his techniue adds emphasis and unity to the clauses. Repetition consists of repeating a word, phrase, or sentence, and is common in !oth poetry and prose. t is a rhetorical techniue to add emphasis, unity, and/or power. ue to this definition of repetition, it is a common techniue for orators to use.