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Philippine Literature Assignment #4

Directions: Songs are rich in figurative language. Give an example of the following figures of speech
that are evident in songs.

Simile "Like a Prayer"- Madonna

Metaphor ''Hound Dog"- Elvis Presley

Hyperbole "Cry Me a River"- JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

Apostrophe The snow glows white on the mountain tonight Let It Go – Idina Menzel

Irony You learn to need the things that stop you dreaming

Metonymy Along with wolves like you, trust is counting sheep, We are the in Crowd's

Synecdoche "how all the kingdom lights shined just for me and you." Long Live- Taylor Swift

Personification Love can touch us one time “My heart will go on ” By ：Will

Antithesis you're in then you're out, Hot 'n Cold Katy Perry

Paradox The sun so hot, I froze to death, "Oh Susanna" by Stephen Foster

Oxymoron ‘its long way down, but I am closer to the clouds up, here’ Skyscraper – Demi
Lovato

Climax
When it's not always raining there'll be days like this,
When there's no one complaining there'll be days like this,
When everything falls into place like the flick of a switch, Van Morrison's "Days Like This"

LitotesBTO's "You ain't seen nothing yet"

Euphemism “I’m glad you brought your raincoat/I think it’s beginning to rain.” Where Life
Begins – Madonna

Periphrasis In my humble opinion, I think…

Pun I've been to a dentist a thousand times so i know the drill, Dental Care- Owl City

Assonance The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain "My Fair Lady” by Alan Jay Lerner)

Alliteration Take, take, take it all, but you never give, Grenade – Bruno Mars

Anaphora
I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds
Johnny Cash for “I Walk the Line”
Onomatopoeia La la la, You make me feel- Cobra Starship

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