1. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

2. The repetition of initial consonant sounds
alliteration
The repetition of initial consonant sounds

3. alliteration “This time, This place Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late”
“Far Away”
by Nickelback

4. A comparison of two things using like or as
Simile
A comparison of two things using like or as

5. “She’s like a song played again and again”
Simile
“She’s like a song played again and again”
“Replay”
by Sean Kingston

6. personification
A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

7. “You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes”
personification
“You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes”
“Thriller”
by Michael Jackson

8. hyperbole
Extreme exaggeration

9. hyperbole “You would not believe your eyes If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep”
“Fireflies”
by Owl City

10. onomatopoeia
The use of words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss," "buzz," "slam," and "boom"

11. but the party don’t stop”
onomatopoeia
“Tick! Tock! on the clock
but the party don’t stop”
“Tik Tok”
by Ke$ha

12. Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses.
imagery
Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses.

13. imagery “Summertime Sadness” by Lana DelRay
“I got my red dress on tonight. Dancing in the dark in the pale moonlight. Done my hair up real big beauty queen style.”
“Summertime Sadness”
by Lana DelRay

14. A hidden comparison of two items. The words like or as are NOT used.
metaphor
A hidden comparison of two items. The words like or as are NOT used.

15. You were throwing pebbles
metaphor
“That you were Romeo
You were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said
Stay away from Juliet”
“Love Story”
by Taylor Swift

16. Simile “Steady as a preacher Free as a weed” “American Honey”
by Lady Antebellum

17. “Cause you know I’d walk
hyperbole
“Cause you know I’d walk
A thousand miles
If I could just see you
Tonight”
“A Thousand Miles”
by Vanessa Carlton

18. alliteration
“Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance, five-hour phone conversation”
“Drops of Jupiter”
by Train

19. Simile “Smile” by Uncle Kracker “You make me smile like the sun
Fall out of bed, sing like a bird
Dizzy in my head, spin like a record
Crazy on a Sunday night”
“Smile”
by Uncle Kracker

20. that they servin’ on a platter
alliteration
“You see the hate
that they servin’ on a platter
So what we gonna have,
dessert or disaster?”
“Knock You Down”
by Keri Hilson

21. Simile “Smooth as a hickory wind That blows from Memphis
Down to Apalachicola”
“Southern Voice”
by Tim McGraw

22. “A Little More Country Than That” by Easton Corbin
alliteration
“Imagine a dirt road full of potholes, with a creek bank and some cane poles catching channel cat”
“A Little More Country Than That” by Easton Corbin

23. simile “The truth comes out a little at a time
And it spreads just like a fire
Slips off of your tongue
like turpentine”
“White Liar”
by Miranda Lambert

24. onomatopoeia “I got that boom, boom, boom
That future boom, boom, boom”
“Boom Boom Pow”
by The Black Eyed Peas

25. “You are the thunder, and I am the lightning”
metaphor
“You are the thunder, and I am the lightning”
“Naturally”
by Selena Gomez

26. “I search around the world
hyperbole
“I search around the world
But I can’t seem to find
Somebody to love”
“Somebody to Love”
by Leighton Meester

27. alliteration “I can’t even fall for some other man Cause brother man
You know how to get hip to my heart”
“Hip to My Heart”
by The Band Perry

28. onomatopoeia “When I met you girl, My heart went Knock! Knock!”
“One Time”
by Justin Bieber

29. metaphor “You could be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare
Either way I don’t want to wake up from you”
“Sweet Dreams”
by Beyonce

30. Simile “I’ve been awake for a while now You got me feelin’
like a child now”
“Bubbly”
by Colbie Caillat

31. “Live Like We’re Dying”
personification
“Our hearts are hungry for a food that won’t come”
“Live Like We’re Dying”
by Kris Allen

32. hyperbole “Rain” by Creed “A thousand times before
I’ve wondered if there’s something more
Something more”
“Rain”
by Creed

33. “History in the Making”
personification
“I just wanted to take this in,
The moonlight dancin’ off your skin”
“History in the Making”
by Darius Rucker

34. metaphor “She’s Everything” by Brad Paisley
“She’s a Saturn with a sunroof
With her brown hair a-blowing
She’s a soft place to land
And a good feeling knowing
She’s a warm conversation
That I wouldn’t miss for nothing
She’s a fighter when she’s mad
And she’s a lover when she’s loving”
“She’s Everything”
by Brad Paisley

35. It's been a long cold lonely winter”
alliteration
“Little darling,
It's been a long cold lonely winter”
“Here Comes the Sun”
by The Beatles

36. onomatopoeia “Who let the dogs out? Woof, woof, woof, woof!”
by The Baha Men

37. personification “I just saw Halley’s Comet, she waved
Said why are you always running in place?”
“Second Chance”
by Shinedown

38. by One Republic ft. Timbaland
Simile
“I need you like a heart needs a beat”
“Apologize”
by One Republic ft. Timbaland

39. metaphor “I’m fighting for this girl On a battlefield of love” “Down”
by Jay Sean

40. by Timbaland & Magoo ft. Missy Elliot
onomatopoeia
“Beep, beep, beep, beep!
Who got the keys to the Jeep?
Vrooooooom!”
“Beep Beep”
by Timbaland & Magoo ft. Missy Elliot

41. “We Weren’t Born to Follow”
alliteration
“This one goes out to the man who mines for miracles”
“We Weren’t Born to Follow”
by Bon Jovi

42. metaphor
“. . .he’s candy-coated misery, he’s a devil in disguise, a snake with blue eyes”
“Cowboy Casanova”
by Carrie Underwood

43. “The last time we talked
Simile
“The last time we talked
The night that I walked
Burns like an iron
In the back of my mind”
“Life After You”
by Daughtry

44. “Didn’t You Know How Much I Loved You” by Kellie Pickler
personification
“One day justice will come and find you
And I’ll be right there in your memory to remind you”
“Didn’t You Know How Much
I Loved You” by Kellie Pickler

45. metaphor “Take a Bow” by Rihanna But you put on quite a show
Really had me goin‘
But now it's time to go
Curtain's finally closin'
That was quite a show
Very entertainin'
But it's over now
Go on and take a bow
“Take a Bow”
by Rihanna