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Figurative Language in Popular Music

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  • Laughin' 'bout how small it looks on you ha-ha-ha, ha-ha-haha-ha, ha-ha-ha-ha
    onomatopeia
  • It's hard to FIGHT when the FIGHT ain't FAIR
    alliteration
  • Our song is a SLAMming screen door / sneaking out late TAPping on your window.
    onomatopeia
  • I can read you LIKE A MAGAZINE.
    simile
  • SHE SITS BESIDE ME LIKE A SILHOUETTE Hard candy drippin' on me till my feet are wet
    simile
  • 'Cause YOU'RE just a DEAD MAN walking Thinking that's your only option
    Idiom
  • But I say that I HATE YOU WITH A SMILE ON MY FACE Oh, look what we became
    Oxymoron
  • Cause you were ROMEO, I was a SCARLET LETTER / And my daddy said, "Stay away from JULIET."
    allusion
  • She's sweet as pie, but if you break her heart She turn cold as a freezer (Freezer)
    similet
  • Moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo Moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo Yeah
    onomatopeia
  • Is there so much HATE for the ones we LOVE? (Yeah, yeah, yo) Oh, tell me, we both matter, don't we? (Yeah, yeah, yo)
    oxymoron
  • I like it when you take control Even if you know that you don't Own me, I'll let you play the role I'LL BE YOUR ANIMAL
    metaphor
  • Oh, come on, darlin' (Yo) Let me STEAL THIS MOMENT from you now
    idiom
  • She's a beast, I call her Karma (Come back) She eat your heart out like Jeffrey Dahmer (Woo!)
    allusion
  • 'Cause that s@#!'s embarrassing, YOU WERE MY EVERYTHING And all that you did was make me f@!#%' sad
    hyperbole
  • I'm in love with the shape of you We PUSH AND PULL LIKE THE MAGNET DO
    simile
  • Know that I LOVED YOU SO BAD. I let you treat me like that
    oxymoron
  • It's been a long time since you fell in love You ain't COMING OUT OF YOUR SHELL, you ain't really been yourself
    idiom
  • You're POURING YOUR HEART OUT I'm acting like I knew You held me so down So down I never grew,
    idiom
  • Memorizing him was AS EASY AS knowing all the words to your old favorite song / Fighting with him was LIKE trying to solve a crossword
    simile
  • But if HE'S A GHOST, then I can be a PHANTOM
    metaphor
  • Getting dizzy now Da-da-da, yeah Ow!
    onomatopeia
  • I've been watchin' you for some time Can't stop starin' at those OCEAN EYES Burning cities and napalm skies Fifteen flares inside those OCEAN EYES Your OCEAN EYES
    metaphor
  • And KARMA'S NOT A LIAR She keeps receipts
    personification
  • "Boom, boom, boom" Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
    onomatopeia
  • LIKE A ZOMBIE IN A MAZE You're asleep inside But you can shake awake
    Simile
  • I CROSSED MY HEART as you crossed the line And I defended you to all my friends
    Idiom
  • Remember when you said that you wanted to GIVE ME THE WORLD?
    hyperbole
  • Tastes like strawberries on a summer evenin' And IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE A SONG
    Simile (or alliteration)
  • And I don't wanna be LONELY So show me the way homeI can't LOSE another LIFE
    alliteration
  • Past the BLOOD and BRUISE / Past the CURSES and CRIES
    alliteration
  • From the WESTSIDE like MARIA I'm hot like grits, MADEA
    allusion
  • Tell the MIRROR what you know SHE'S HEARD BEFORE I don't wanna be you Anymore
    personification
  • Make me your APHRODITE Make me your one and only
    allusion
  • Honey (Ah-ah-ah) I’D WALK THROUGH FIRE FOR YOU Just let me adore you Oh, honey (Ah-ah-ah) I'D WALK THROUGH FIRE FOR YOU
    hyperbole
  • Beep beep, is that my bestie in a Tessie? Fresh blow out, skin on ten, ooh, she ready
    onomatopeia
  • Don't know if SNOW WHITE's house is near or far away / But I know I had the best day with you today
    Allusion
  • I close my eyes and I can see A WORLD THAT'S WAITING up for me
    personification
  • You call me again, drunk in your Benz Drivin' home under the influence YOU SCARED ME TO DEATH, but I'm wastin' my breath
    hyperbole
  • Cause the way I feel, I’m strong enough to go to the club Or the corner pub, and LIFT THE WHOLE LIQUOR COUNTER up ‘Cause I’m RAISING THE BAR
    pun
  • Ain't about the, uh, cha-ching, cha-ching Ain't about the, yeah, ba-bling, ba-bling Wanna make the world dance
    onomatopeia
  • HE IS THE SONG IN THE CAR I keep singing, don’t know why I do.
    metaphor
  • So I STEPPED OFF THE GOLDEN, Nobody cried Nobody even noticed
    allusion
  • But she's beautiful, she looks kind She probably GIVES YOU BUTTERFLIES
    idiom
  • 'Cause let's be honest, we kinda do SOUND the SAME ANOTHER ACTRESS
    alliteration
  • The things you did Well, I hope I WAS YOUR FAVORITE CRIME
    metaphor
  • Now you get to watch her leave out the window, guess that’s why they call it ‘WINDOW PANE’
    Pun
  • B@#!$, I'm a cow, b!@#$, I'm a cow I'm not a cat, I don't say meow
    metaphor