FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

SIMILE

• A comparison that uses like or as
• The song "Friend Like Me" from Aladdin
• You ain't never had a friend like me
• This is a simile because it compares Aladdin's friends to the genie using like

METAPHOR

• A comparison that doesn't use like or as
• The song "I'll Make a Man Out of You"
• With all the force of a great typhoon
• This is a metaphor because it compares their strength to a great typhoon without using like or as

ALLITERATION

• An alliteration is when you repeat the first sound of a word multiple times in a sentence
• The song "Tik Tok" by Ke$ha
• Tik Tok
• This is an alliteration because it repeats the "T" sound at the begging

PERSONIFICATION

• This is when you give a non human thing human characteristics
• The song "Good Riddance" by Green Day
• Time grabs you by the wrist, and directs you were to go
• This personification because time can't actually grab you by the wrist or direct you where to go

ONOMATOPOEIA

• This is when you say a word that sounds like a noise
• The song "The Bare Necessities" from The Jungle Book
• The bees are buzzing in the tree
• This is an onomatopoeia because it has the word buzzing which is the sound a bee makes

HYPERBOLE

• An extreme exaggeration
• The song "California Girls" by Katy Perry
• Sun-kissed so hot, we'll melt your popsicles
• This is a hyperbole because they aren't actually able of melting popsicles by being around them

REPETITION

• When a word is repeated multiple times in a stanza or song
• The song "TGIF" by Katy Perry
• TGIF TGIF TGIF
• This is repetition because it repeats the word TGIF multiple times

STANZA

• A line in poetry
• The play "Hamlet" by Shakespeare
• To be, or not to be
• This is a stanza because it is a single line in the poem

RHYME SCHEME

• A scheme of rhyming that usually consists of letters
• You would not believe your eyes, if 10 million fireflies, lit up the world as I fell asleep
• This is an example of rhyme scheme because it rhymes eyes and fireflies so the pattern is AAB