1. By: Trevor Horwath MUSICAL FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ASSIGNMENT

2. SIMILE “Heartless” by Kanye West “How could you be so, cold as the winter wind when it breeze, yo?” He is comparing a woman to a cold winter breeze, thus saying she is heartless and cruel.

3. METAPHOR “Life Is a Highway” by Rascal Flatts “Life is a highway, I wanna ride it all night long.” They mean that life is a long journey with twists and turns.

4. ALLITERATION “Love the Way You Lie” by Eminem ft. Rihanna “It’s so insane, ‘cause when it’s going good, it’s going great.” The “g” sound is repeated four times within one line.

5. HYPERBOLE “Just the Way You Are” by Bruno Mars “And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while…” He is saying that she has a great smile, but not everyone in the world would stop to look at it.

6. ONOMATOPOEIA “Boom Boom Pow” by the Black Eyed Peas “Boom boom boom, now boom boom boom, now boom boom pow, boom boom pow.” Boom is the sound associated with a sound and said how it sounds

7. IMAGERY/SENSORY “Loose Yourself” by Eminem “His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy, there’s vomit on his sweater already, mom’s spaghetti, but on the surface he looks calm and ready…” He describes someone who is extremely nervous to do something and leaves listeners with a mental image of someone like this or a past experience they’ve had.