Musical Figurative Language BY: ZOË ZAMMIT CORDOVA PERIOD 4
Simile “Tell me how you feel over and done with Like your life is a map with no compass” –Somewhere in Neverland | All Time Low
Metaphor “you’re a pretty little wind storm on the boulevard something like a sunset oh, a shooting star” -Love like Woe | The Ready Set –
Alliteration “When Rome’s in Ruins” – Young Volcanoes | Fall out boy
Hyperbole “The first kiss stole the breath from my lips, why did the last one tear us apart?” – Kids in Love | Mayday Parade
Onomatopoeia “Woah whoa oh, woah whoa oh, woah whoa oh Just keep breathing, breathing, breathing Woah whoa oh, woah whoa oh, woah whoa oh Just keep breathing, breathing, breathing” – Just Keep Breathing | We the Kings
Imagery/Sensory “Out in the wild party in nowhere land, we start a fire, sparklers in every hand. No phone let go cut all the strings tonight, singin’ aloud, howlin’ at the moon” – Lightning in a Bottle | The Summer Set