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Literary Devices Alliteration Simile Metaphor Hyperbole (exaggeration) Personification
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Alliteration What is it ?
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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.
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Alliteration Where is alliteration found
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Alliteration Where is alliteration found
Advertisements ( Persuasive text) Branding Poetry Lyrics
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Alliteration Cartoon characters
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Alliteration Can you name any famous brands that use it?
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Alliteration Can you name any famous brands that use it?
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Alliteration Why use it ? To make your lyrics memorable
To emphasize certain words and phrases Living kinda lavish Tinie Tempah: Mosh Pit
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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
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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?
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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
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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"
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Alliteration In pairs make a sentence using alliteration from the letter……. Use a dictionary
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Simile What is it?
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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
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Simile Where do we find simile?
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Simile Where do we find simile? In poetry
In plays and fiction (Shakespeare) Advertising Descriptive writing In music lyrics
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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."
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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.”
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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.
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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
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Metaphor In pairs come up with one metaphor.
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Hyperbole What is it?
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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
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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
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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
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Hyperbole (Exaggeration)
In pairs come up with an example of hyperbole
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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”
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Personification While my guitar gently weeps- The Beatles
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Personification “I woke up energized, My clock speaking, Closet door open, My clothes looking at me, Fresh kicks sleeping” -Median
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Personification Naïve as the dry leaves on the ground
Lookin’ past the tree to the blue sky askin’: Why me? Blu: Amnesia
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Personification Naïve as the dry leaves on the ground
Lookin’ past the tree to the blue sky askin’: Why me? Blu: Amnesia
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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.
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Personification In pairs come up with a sentence using personification
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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
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