Figurative Language in Songs

"Hello from the other side

I must have called a thousand times." -Adele

Is an example of...

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

"And when you smile

The whole world stops and stares for a while

'Cause girl you're amazing

Just the way you are." - Bruno Mars

Is an example of...

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

"And I know she'll be the death of me

At least we'll both be numb

And she'll always get the best of me

The worst is yet to come" - The Weeknd

Is an example of...

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Isn't it lovely, all alone

Heart made of glass, my mind of stone

Tear me to pieces, skin to bone.

Hello, welcome home - Billie Eilish

Is an example of...

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

• Personification

"Just like a moth drawn to a flame

Oh, you lured me in, I couldn't sense the pain." - Shawn Mendes

Is an example of...

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

"So hold my hand, I’ll walk with you, my dear The stairs creak as you sleep, it’s keeping me awake. It’s the house telling you to close your eyes" - Of Monsters and Men

Is an example of...

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

"My heart’s a stereo It beats for you, so listen close Hear my thoughts in every note Make me your radio"- Maroon 5

Is an example of...

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Metaphor

" Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars I could really use a wish right now, a wish right now" -B.o.B ft. Hayley Williams

Is an example of....

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Irony

"Now that she's back in the atmosphere

With drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey

She acts like summer and walks like rain

Reminds me that there's a time to change" -Drops of Jupiter

Is an example of...

• Personfication

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

"Tick-tock on the clock

But the party don't stop, no

Oh, whoa, whoa-oh" -Kesha

Is an example of...

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification