Literary Devices

"I believe I can fly,

I believe I can touch the sky"

• simile

• metaphor

• rhyme

• alliteration

"The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside

Couldn’t keep it in, heaven knows I’ve tried"

• repetition

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• personification

"It's time to be a big girl now

And big girls don't cry

Don't cry

Don't cry

Don't cry"

• repetition

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• personification

"'Cause baby, you're a firework

Come on, show 'em what you're worth"

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

“Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.”

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

"Boy you got my heartbeat runnin' away

Beating like a drum and it's coming your way

Can't you hear that

Boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass?

He got that super bass"

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

"You treat me like a rose

You give me room to grow

You shone the light of love on me"

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are!"

• simile

• metaphor

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

"'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter

And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"

• simile

• metaphor

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

"You can break everything I am

Like I’m made of glass

Like I’m made of paper"

• simile

• metaphor

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia