LET'S SING THE SONG
Hello everyone! welcome back to my blog. How are you all? i hope you all are in a healthy and safe condition. Today, i want to explain to you about some figurative language in a song.
Samples of Social Functions of Songs
- To entertain listeners
- To express the deepest feelings such as, sadness, happiness, of the singer
- To express disagreement, disapproval, motivation, and opposition
- To express love for his/her country
- To honor a someone
- As a soundtrack to strengthen the theme of a movie, an advertisement, etc.
- To lead people's mood into an event such as, a wedding party, a birthday celebration, a funeral, etc.
Figurative Language in Songs
- Simile
A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things and uses the words “like” or “as” and they are commonly used in everyday communication.
- Metaphor
A metaphor is a statement that compares two things that are not alike.
- Hyperbole
Hyperbole is an exaggeration that is created to emphasize a point or bring out a sense of humor.
- Personification
Personification is the attribution of human characteristics to non-living objects.
- Synecdoche
Synecdoche is a type of figurative language that uses one part to refer to the whole, or the whole to refer to the part.
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