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3  Hip-hop music and poetry are full of figurative language. Rap is poetry, and a lot of poetry is rap.  A lot of rap music features as much figurative language as any Shakespearean sonnet or William Blake poem. Rap music is often full of examples of poetry terms

4  Symbol : something that stands for something else Example: In Tupac Shakur's song Me and My Girlfriend, the "girflfriend" is actually his gun.  What does a heart symbolize?

5  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIBdDiPi-o0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIBdDiPi-o0  "See, I drop the greats like clumsy waiters drop plates.“  I'm cooler than a polar bear's toenails... bend corners like I was a curve, I struck a nerve." - Big Boi on "Atliens," Atliens  "Me without a mic is like a beat without a snare... I'm sweet like licorice, dangerous like syphilis." - Lauryn Hill on "How Many Mics," The Score - Choose one and write the literal meaning.

6  I come fresh like your breath after you brush, wack Mc's like that orange soda get crushed.  "Throwing out the wicked like God did the devil, funky like your grandpa's drawers, don't test me, we're in like that, you're dead like Presley.“  My rhymes are like shot clocks, interstate cops and blood clots, my point is your flow gets stopped.“ Choose one and write the literal meaning.

7  I love you like a fat kid love cake -50 cent  “I swear I change colors like a chameleon…” -Chamillionaire  I'm all up in her hair like dandruff -Fabolous  My rhymes spit hot lava like a volcano but twist up bodies like a wild tornado -Lauryn Hill

8  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKexdSZ NiLc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKexdSZ NiLc  The salt and pepper danced danced all over the table!

9  Comedians use hyperboles throughout their performance. Let’s look at a couple…. Jokes!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYMf_EV6 lbI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYMf_EV6 lbI More use of hyberoles.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZISTPfo VyA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZISTPfo VyA

10  Write lyrics. Rap about anything, but remember to write to the beat, and make sure that your 'flow' is not whack! Write lyrics. Rap about anything, but remember to write to the beat, and make sure that your 'flow' is not whack!  Make sure that the lyrics match or just associate with the name of the song. Make sure that the lyrics match or just associate with the name of the song.  Put your heart into it, be in love with the song when recording it or writing it. Just keep rapping Put your heart into it, be in love with the song when recording it or writing it. Just keep rapping  Be Ready To Share!!

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