Musical Figurative Language Assignment

By: Nikki OrtizPd.4

Simile

Get lucky by Daft Punk “Like the legend of the phoenix

All ends with beginnings” The legend of the phoenix is that once it dies, it

is reborn in it’s ashes. So the artist is basically saying when one thing ends, another will begin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NV6Rdv1a3I

Metaphor

One thing by one direction “Shot me out of the sky, You're my kryptonite” Kryptonite is superman’s one weakness. The

line means that this girl is the one thing that can hurt him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1xs_xPb46M

Alliteration

Grenade by Bruno mars “Black, black, black and blue, Beat me 'til I'm

numb” The “b” in the lyrics are repeating.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR6iYWJxHqs

Hyperbole

Somebody told me by the killers “Breaking my back just to know your name” He’s not really breaking his back. This just

means that he’s trying really hard to find out her name.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5fBdpreJiU

Onomatopoeia

Tik Tok by ke$ha “TiK ToK, on the clock” Tick tock is the sound a clock makes. The artist

just shortened the spelling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP6XpLQM2Cs

Imagery/ sensory

More than this by one direction “And then I see you on the street, In his arms, I

get weak, My body fails, I’m on my kneesPrayin’ ”

You can see the artist dropping to his knees in despair, sad to see girl with someone else

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-RQIN3wo5U