Oxymoron
Definition: When two words that mean the opposite of themselves are next to each other.
Title: Man in The Mirror
Song Lyric: "I've been a victim of a selfish kind of love."
Explanation: Love isn't suppose to be selfish or a one way love.
Definition: When two words that mean the opposite of themselves are next to each other.
Title: Man in The Mirror
Song Lyric: "I've been a victim of a selfish kind of love."
Explanation: Love isn't suppose to be selfish or a one way love.
Onomatopoeia
Definition: words that imitate sounds.
Title: Rockin' Robin
Song Lyric: "Love to hear the robin tweet tweet tweet."
Explanation: Tweet as in the sound of a bird.
Definition: words that imitate sounds.
Title: Rockin' Robin
Song Lyric: "Love to hear the robin tweet tweet tweet."
Explanation: Tweet as in the sound of a bird.
Simile
Definition: Comparing something to something else.
Title: Billie Jean
Song Lyric: "She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene."
Explanation: He's comparing a girl to a beauty queen.
Definition: Comparing something to something else.
Title: Billie Jean
Song Lyric: "She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene."
Explanation: He's comparing a girl to a beauty queen.
Allusion
Defintion: A reference to history, a book, etc..
Title: They Don't Really Care About Us
Song Lyric: "But if Roosevelt was livin', he wouldn't let this be."
Explanation: He talks throughout the song about the governement and how Roosevelt would let this happen.
Defintion: A reference to history, a book, etc..
Title: They Don't Really Care About Us
Song Lyric: "But if Roosevelt was livin', he wouldn't let this be."
Explanation: He talks throughout the song about the governement and how Roosevelt would let this happen.