1. Figurative Language HW
Identifying
figurative language
in music

2. Requirements Find two examples of figurative language
Write the lyric(s) containing figurative language
You must include the song title and artist
Explain them
Tell what type of figurative language is used
What is being compared or described?
What does the artist mean?

3. Example from Mrs. M “Firework” by Katy Perry “Baby, you’re a firework
Come on, show ‘em what you’re worth”
This is a metaphor, comparing two things without using like or as. The singer is comparing a friend to a firework. I think she is encouraging her friend, like saying her friend is awesome, and has more potential than she realizes.
“Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?”
This is a simile, comparing two things using like or as. The artist means, “do you ever feel worthless”?

4. Figurative language Allusion Personification Simile Metaphor
Imagery/sensory details
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole