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Figurative Language in Music by Nick Lowery

Simile: comparing two things using like or as: E.g. Rap God

Eminem

They said I rap like a robot.

Hyperbole: Extreme Exaggeration: E.g. Thinking about you

I been thinking about forever.

Frank Ocean

Hyperbole: extreme exaggeration:E.g. Thinking about you

We'll go down this until it turns black and white

Frank Ocean

Simile: Comparing two or more using like or as: E.g. Figurative Language Song

My mind is like an ocean.

Metaphor: comparing two things without using like or as: E.g. Metaphors in Pop Culture.

This lady is a bear.

Imagery:When the poem/song appeal to the senses: E.g. Thinking about you

a tornado flew around my room.

Frank Ocean

Metaphors Comparing two things but without like or as. E.g. firework

already buried deep six feet under but no one seems to hear a thing

By Katy Perry

Personification in a song: Giving non living thing human quantities.

do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting though the wind wanting to start again.

by Katy Perry