1. By Ms. S

2. Similes, metaphors , hyperboles
and personification
are writing techniques known as
“Figurative Language”.
 Figurative Language – sayings not to be
taken literally, or seriously.

3.  COMPARE one thing to another to help to
describe.
 EXAGGERATE to make a point.
 GIVES something non-human, or
inanimate, person-like qualities.

4. Examples of figurative language in:
“Rolling in the Deep” - Adele
 There’s a fire starting in my heart
 Go ahead and sell me out and I’ll lay your ship bare
 The scars of your love remind me of us
 We could’ve had it all rolling in the deep
 You had my heart inside your hand and you played it to the beat
 I’m gonna make your head burn
 Think of me in the depths of your despair
 Throw your soul through every open door
 Count your blessings to find what you look for
 Turn my sorrow into treasured gold

5. Examples of figurative language in:
“Mean” – Taylor Swift
 You, with your words like knives and swords and
weapons that you use against me
 You have knocked me off my feet again
 Got me feeling like a nothing
 You, with your voice like nails on chalkboard
 You can take me down with just one single blow
 You with your switching sides and your wildfire lies and
your humiliation
 Somebody made you cold
 Cause you can’t lead me down that road

6. Examples of figurative language in:
“Firework” – Katy Perry
 Do you ever feel like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind
 Do you ever feel you’re so paper thin, like a house of
cards, one blow from caving in?
 Do you ever feel already buried deep?
 You’ve just gotta ignite the light and let it shine
 Just own the night like the fourth of July
 Cause baby you’re a firework
 Come on let your colors burst
 Maybe a reason why all the doors are closed so you could
choose the one that leads you down the perfect road
 Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow

7. Examples of figurative language in:
“The Wind Cries Mary” – Jimi Hendrix
 After all the jacks are in their boxes
 And the clouds have all gone to bed
 You can hear hapiness staggering on down the stream
 Footprints dressed in red
 And the wind whispers, “Mary”
 A broom is drearily sweeping up the broken pieces of yesterday’s life
 And the wind, it cries “Mary”
 The traffic lights, they turn blue tomorrow
 And shine the emptiness down on my bed
 And the wind screams, “Mary”
 Will the wind ever remember the names it has blown in the past
 And with its crush, its old age and its wisdom, it whispers, “no, this won’t be
the last.”

8. Examples of figurative language in:
“Stereo Hearts” – Gym Class Heroes
 My heart’s a stereo, it beats for you so listen close
 Hear my thoughts in every note
 Make me your radio and turn me up when you feel low
 This melody was meant for you, so sing along to my stereo
 If I was just another record on the shelf, would you blow me off and
play me like everybody else?
 Furthermore I apologize for any skipping tracks, its just that the last girl
that played me left a couple cracks
 Holding grudges over love is ancient artifacts
 Keep me stuck inside your head like your favorite tune
 If I was an old-school 50 pound boom box, would you hold me on your
shoulder wherever you walked?
 You never know, we come and go like on the interstate