Figurative Language Notebook lesson Why do authors use

Figurative Language Notebook lesson

Why do authors use figurative language? Isn’t plain, old language good enough? !

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“Mean” by Taylor Swift

Simile comparison using like, as, or than 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 I'm nothing You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard Calling me out when I'm wounded You picking on the weaker man

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“One Thing” by One Direction

Hyperbole an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true Shot me out of the sky You're my kryptonite You keep making me weak Yeah, frozen and can't breathe Something’s gotta give now 'Cause I’m dying just to make you see That I need you here with me now 'Cause you've got that one thing

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“I’m Already There” by Lonestar

Metaphor comparing by saying that one thing is another thing I'm already there Take a look around I'm the sunshine in your hair I'm the shadow on the ground I'm the whisper in the wind I'm your imaginary friend And I know I'm in your prayers Oh I'm already there

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“Wind Cries Mary” by Jimi Hendrix

Personification You can hear happiness staggering on down the street, footprints dress in red. giving human qualities to nonhuman things And the wind whispers Mary. A broom is drearily sweeping up the broken pieces of yesterday's life. Somewhere a Queen is weeping, somewhere a King has no wife. And the wind it cries Mary.

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“Song of the South” by Alabama

Alliteration the repetition of a beginning, hard consonant sound in a series of words Song, Song of the south Sweet potato pie, and I shut my mouth Gone, gone with the wind There ain’t nobody looking back again

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“Rolling in the Deep” by Adele

Idiom sayings in our culture; the understood meaning is quite different from what each word means alone Throw your soul through every open door Count your blessings to find what you look for Turn my sorrow into treasured gold You'll pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow

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“Someday We’ll Know” by New Radicals

Allusion a reference to a person or event from literature, history, or pop culture Someday we'll know If love can move a mountain Someday we'll know Why the sky is blue Someday we'll know Why I wasn't meant for you Someday we'll know Why Samson loved Delilah One day I'll go Dancing on the moon

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“Twang” by George Strait

Onomatopoeia words whose sounds suggest their meanings 'Cause I need a little twang, a little hillbilly bending on some guitar strings Some peddle steel whining like a whistle of an old freight train To get that foot stomping honky tonkin' feeling going through my veins I need a little twang, twang