Figurative Language and Literary Devices

1. Figurative Language and Literary Devices

2. Question: What make these Lyrics Effective? • “Got baseball bats like the Indians, and my team pops off like the Cowboys” – MGK • “Tried to pay attention, but attention paid me” –Lil Wayne • “Cause there'll be no more sunlightif I lose you, babyThere'll be no clear skiesif I lose you, baby” – Bruno Mars Answer: They all use literary devices to deliver a message.

3. Figurative Language • Metaphor: When the speaker compares two unlike things that share something in common. • “I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death” • “My car is fresher than a peppermint”

4. Figurative Language • Similes: When the speaker compares two things using the words “Like” or “As” • “Fur coat in the winter, look like a polar bear • “I’m in her head like Maybelline” • “I bless her as if she sneezed” • “Rubber band man, wild as the Taliban”

5. Literary Devices • Hyperbole: When the speaker uses exaggeration to show emphasis or make a point. • “Walking on the clouds, suspended in thin air.Do ones beneath me recognize the red bottoms I wear” • “Lyrically I’m so lethal” • “Y’all spit saliva, I spit lava”

6. Literary Devices • Alliteration: The repetition of a consonant sound. • “Pockets is packed with presidents pursue your riches” • “I'm sick of psychotic society, somebody save me” • “picture perfection, pursuing paper with a passion”

7. Literary Devices • Personification: When the speaker gives an Inanimate (not living) object human qualities. • “Addiction is a killer” • “It’s my car’s birthday, so we’re blowin’ her speakers” • “Yeah I need a passport cause all my cars are immigrants”

8. Literary Devices • Onomatopoeia: The use of words to imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer. • “Pop, goes the weasel” • “Ding-Dong, the witch is dead” • “ At the end of the show, all I heard was clap, clap, clap”

9. Lil Wayne Figurative Language and Literary Devices Identification Game Learning about elements of literature is fun, and you should listen to your teachers.

10. Identify any figurative language or literary devices in the lyric • "Baby holler, it is Lil WeezyThey cannot see meThey are like Stevie" “Upgrade” off Da Drought 3 • Simile – like Stevie

11. Identify any figurative language or literary devices in the lyric • "And when it comes down to this recordingI must be Lebron James if he’s JordanNo, I won rings for my performanceI’m more Kobe Bryant of an artistSame coach, same game, been startingSame triangle offense" “Dough Is What I Got” off Da Drought 3 • Metaphor - he is comparing himself to Lebron James because they're both great at their job. Then he corrects himself and compares himself to Kobe Bryant because they both where rings

12. Identify any figurative language or literary devices in the lyric • "Looked in the face of death, And took his mask off" • “She Will” • Personification- he is talking about death like it is a person who has a mask on.

13. Identify any figurative language or literary devices in the lyric • "I'm Ray Charles to the distractions" “She Will” • Metaphor- he is comparing himself with Ray Charles in that they both cannot see distractions in front of them.

14. Identify any figurative language or literary devices in the lyric • "You don't wanna crash like l-l-la bamba" Unknown song • Simile- like l-l-la bamba

15. Identify any figurative language or literary devices in the lyric • “I do the Lambeau Leap when I’m in Green Bay” “Damn I’m Cold” • Alliteration- Lambeau Leap