Figurative Language
Simile
Definition: comparing two things using like or as
Ex. from The Hunger Games, ''....rare roast beef sliced as thin as paper.''
Metaphor
Definition: comparing two things not using like or as
Ex. from The Hunger Games, ''...none of them can hold a candle to us.''
Personification
Definition: it gives human qualities to nonhuman things
Ex. from The Hunger Games,''......we go to bed with our stomachs growling''
Hyperbole
Definition: an exaggeration
Ex. from The Hunger Games,'' She is the friendliest girl on the planet''
alliteration
Definition: the beginning letters of words are the same in a sentence
Ex. from The Hunger Games,"'...hand holding?' asks Haymitch"
Even if it Breaks Your Heart by The Eli Young Band
"some dreams stay with you forever, drag you around and bring you back to where you were........"
The lyrics are a personification, giving human qualities, drag you around and bring you back to where you were, to nonhuman things, the dreams.