1. Lyrics and music

2. Literary Devices
Alliteration Simile Metaphor Hyperbole (exaggeration) Personification

3. Alliteration
What is it ?

4. Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables of an English language phrase.

5. Alliteration
Where is alliteration found

6. Alliteration Where is alliteration found
Advertisements ( Persuasive text)
Branding
Poetry
Lyrics

7. Alliteration
Cartoon characters

8. Alliteration
Can you name any famous brands that use it?

9. Alliteration
Can you name any famous brands that use it?

10. Alliteration Why use it ? To make your lyrics memorable
To emphasize certain words and phrases
Living kinda lavish
Tinie Tempah: Mosh Pit

11. Alliteration Let it Be, by The Beatles
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.
Human Nature by Michael Jackson
Hear Her Voice Shake My Window Sweet Seducing Sighs

12. Alliteration Bad Blood by Taylor Swift
And, baby, now we’ve got bad blood
So Sick by Ne-Yo
Said I’m so sick of love songs, so sad and slow
Drops of Jupiter by Train
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance, five-hour phone conversation?

13. Alliteration Check the flavor Biggie Smalls is delivering
Lyrical lyricist flowing lyrics out of my larynx
Chubby competitor, quick to kick a chump in the chest
Supercat with Biggie: Dolly my Baby

14. Alliteration
E Cause Everything is Everything it's Evidence my Essence is Every Element, Effortlessly Edit your Enterprise with Eloquence. Elevate with the Energy of Eminem, Every Entity that's Ever been a Enemy I'm Ending them. LowKey: "Alphabet Assassin"

15. Alliteration
In pairs make a sentence using alliteration from the letter…….
Use a dictionary

16. Simile
What is it?

17. Simile
A simile says that one thing is another-by comparing it to something else
Uses like or as
“He is as strong as a lion”
Similes can make your language more descriptive and enjoyable

18. Simile
Where do we find simile?

19. Simile Where do we find simile? In poetry
In plays and fiction (Shakespeare)
Advertising
Descriptive writing
In music lyrics

20. Simile As cold as ice. As free as a bird. As hungry as a wolf.
As quick as lightning.
I slept like a log.
As light as a feather.
As tough as nails

21. Simile Taylor Swift- Speak now
And she is yelling at a bridesmaid Somewhere back inside a room Wearing a gown shaped like a pastry.
And the organ starts to play A song that sounds like a death march.
She floats down the aisle Like a pageant queen.

22. Simile Labels want my name beside the X like Malcolm--Drake: Forever
Just own the night like the 4th of July—Kate Perry: Firework
I hear your voice, it’s like an angel sighing—Madonna: Like a prayer
And it seemed to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind—Elton John

23. Simile
"Coming from the deep black like the Loch Ness, now bring apocalypse like the Heart of Darkness." - Talib Kweli on "We Got the Beat," The Beautiful Struggle
I’m like a bird, I’ll only fly away—Nelly Furtado

24. Simile Madonna- Like A Prayer
Like a child you whisper softly to me You're in control just like a child Now I'm dancing It's like a dream, no end and no beginning You're here with me, it's like a dream Let the choir sing

25. Simile Taylor Swift- Red "Loving him is like driving a new Maserati
down a dead-end street Faster than the wind, passionate as sin,
ended so suddenly."

26. Metaphor
What is it?
A metaphor says that one thing is another. It isn’t meant literally, though. It’s a way of creating a clear image by making you think of both things at the same time
“The assignment was a breeze.”

27. Metaphor
I'm a bull in this industry man (tell 'em) metaphor -Ludacris: Number one Spot
But if I'm a star, she is the sky (ah ah ah)
I'm Hannibal Lecter so just in case you're thinking of saving face-Drake with Eminem
I'm not an angel, but I wouldn't behave like that.
You’re a diamond.
How could she marry a snake like that.
I'm a movement by myself.

28. Metaphor
If this town is just an apple, then let me take a bite-M. Jackson
Love is a temple, Love a higher law- U2
I am a rock-Simon and Garfunkel
My heart’s a stereo-Maroon 5

29. Metaphor
In pairs come up with one metaphor.

30. Hyperbole
What is it?

31. Hyperbole
What is it?
Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally

32. Hyperbole (Exaggeration)
“ so many watches I need eight arms” Jay-Z
So chauffeur chauffeur come and take me away 'cause I've been standin' in this line for like five whole days-Lupe Fiasco
This girl is on fire – Alicia Keys

33. Hyperbole (Exaggeration)
She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene—Michael Jackson
If you need me. I’ll come running from a thousand miles away
I braved a hundred storms to leave you-Adele
You’ve got a smile that could light up this whole town

34. Hyperbole (Exaggeration)
In pairs come up with an example of hyperbole

35. Personification What is it?
Personification is when you give the qualities of a person to something that isn't human or, in some cases, to something that isn't even alive.
It helps to describe something so that others can understand it.
“The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky”

36. Personification
While my guitar gently weeps- The Beatles

37. Personification
“I woke up energized, My clock speaking, Closet door open, My clothes looking at me, Fresh kicks sleeping”
-Median

38. Personification Naïve as the dry leaves on the ground
Lookin’ past the tree to the blue sky askin’:
Why me?
Blu: Amnesia

39. Personification Naïve as the dry leaves on the ground
Lookin’ past the tree to the blue sky askin’:
Why me?
Blu: Amnesia

40. Personification
You would not believe your eyes If ten million fireflies Lit up the world as I fell asleep – Owl City
The sun is on my side. Take me for a ride. I smile up to the sky. I know I'll be all right.

41. Personification
In pairs come up with a sentence using personification

42. Song structure Intro—8 bars –with or without beat Verse 1- 16 bars
Chorus bars
Verse bars
Middle eight bars (instrumental, drop)
Chorus bars or 16 bars
Just guidelines---not set rule

43. Rhyme generator