1. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Simile, Metaphor, Personification and Hyperbole “I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!”

2. THE WORDS AND SAYINGS WE DON’T MEAN LITERALLY  “I am so hungry, I could eat a horse!” Can a human being eat a whole horse?  Figurative Language (non-literal language)  1. Simile 2. Metaphor 3. Personification 4. Hyperbole  Simile Definition: ________________________________________________________________  ______________________________________________________________________________  Metaphor Definition: _____________________________________________________________  ______________________________________________________________________________  Personification Definition: _________________________________________________________  ______________________________________________________________________________  Hyperbole Definition: ____________________________________________________________  ______________________________________________________________________________ 

3. IDENTIFY EACH OF THESE SONG LYRICS AS SIMILE, METAPHOR, PERSONIFICATION, OR HYPERBOLE  “I ain’t got nothing but love Babe, eight days a week” (The Beatles). __________________________________________  Explain your answer ______________________________  _______________________________________________  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs5qsk0pc6Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs5qsk0pc6Y

4. IDENTIFY THE DEVICE USED  “It seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind” (Elton John). ______________________________________  Explain your answer: _____________________________  ______________________________________________  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvux60fqNU8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvux60fqNU8

5. IDENTIFY THE DEVICE USED  “…and I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain” (Sade).  _____________________________ Explain your answer: ___________________________________________________  _________________________________________________  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcFGippGI0I&feature=relate d http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcFGippGI0I&feature=relate d

6. IDENTIFY THE DEVICE USED  “This song is drowning in the blood” (Weezer). __________________________________ Explain answer: _____________________________________________________  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENXvZ9YRjbo&ob=av3e http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENXvZ9YRjbo&ob=av3e  (Sorry, this one starts with an ad.)

7. IDENTIFY THE DEVICE USED  “…and she’s buying a stairway to heaven” (Led Zeppelin). __________________________________ Explain answer: _____________________________________________________  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q7Vr3yQYWQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q7Vr3yQYWQ