Musical Figurative Language BY: ZOË ZAMMIT

CORDOVA

PERIOD 4

Simile

“Tell me how you feel over and done withLike your life is a map with no compass” –Somewhere in Neverland | All Time Low

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFVmlp60oJ0 -0.31-0.38

Metaphor

“you’re a pretty little wind storm on the boulevard something like a sunset oh, a shooting star” -Love like Woe | The Ready Set

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKqnMhYVCko – 0.26-0.31

Alliteration

“When Rome’s in Ruins” – Young Volcanoes | Fall out boy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rwnmbJ_nGQ -0.01-0.07

Hyperbole

“The first kiss stole the breath from my lips, why did the last one tear us apart?” – Kids in Love | Mayday Parade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otqAnO1pYPQ -1.05-1.12

Onomatopoeia

“Woah whoa oh, woah whoa oh, woah whoa ohJust keep breathing, breathing, breathingWoah whoa oh, woah whoa oh, woah whoa ohJust keep breathing, breathing, breathing” – Just Keep Breathing | We the Kings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9vF6K5yUQc -0.41-1.17

Imagery/Sensory

“Out in the wild party in nowhere land, we start a fire, sparklers in every hand. No phone let go cut all the strings tonight, singin’ aloud, howlin’ at the moon” – Lightning in a Bottle | The Summer Set

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLgXl_6NIW0 -0.01-0.26