1. Form: The way a poem looks on paper Line: A verse of Poetry Stanza: Lines of a poem arranged in a group  

2. Structured Form: Poem has a regular repeated pattern of rhyme and/or rhythm

3. “Messy Room” by Shel Silverstein Whosever room this is should be ashamed! His underwear is hanging on the lamp. His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair, And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp. His workbook is wedged in the window, His sweater's been thrown on the floor. His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV, And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door. His books are all jammed in the closet, His vest has been left in the hall. A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed, And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall. Whosever room this is should be ashamed! Donald or Robert or Willie or-- Huh? You say it's mine? Oh, dear, I knew it looked familiar!

4. “Fire And Ice” – Robert Frost Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To know that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.

5. “I Cry”
by Tupac Shakur
Sometimes when I'm alone I Cry, Cause I am on my own. The tears I cry are bitter and warm. They flow with life but take no form I Cry because my heart is torn. I find it difficult to carry on. If I had an ear to confiding, I would cry among my treasured friend, but who do you know that stops that long, to help another carry on. The world moves fast and it would rather pass by. Then to stop and see what makes one cry, so painful and sad. And sometimes… I Cry and no one cares about why.

6. Have A Nice day
By: Spike Milligan
'Help, help, ' said a man. 'I'm drowning.' 'Hang on, ' said a man from the shore. 'Help, help, ' said the man. 'I'm not clowning.' 'Yes, I know, I heard you before. Be patient dear man who is drowning,  You, see I've got a disease. I'm waiting for a Doctor J. Browning. So do be patient please.' 'How long, ' said the man who was drowning. 'Will it take for the Doc to arrive? ' 'Not very long, ' said the man with the disease. 'Till then try staying alive.' 'Very well, ' said the man who was drowning. 'I'll try and stay afloat. By reciting the poems of Browning And other things he wrote.' 'Help, help, ' said the man with the disease, 'I suddenly feel quite ill.' 'Keep calm.' said the man who was drowning, ' Breathe deeply and lie quite still.' 'Oh dear, ' said the man with the awful disease. 'I think I'm going to die.' 'Farewell, ' said the man who was drowning. Said the man with the disease, 'goodbye.' So the man who was drowning, drownded And the man with the disease past away. But apart from that,  And a fire in my flat,  It's been a very nice day.

7. Presenting evidence Be specific when presenting text evidence:
Direct Quote:
1. Use quotation marks.
2. Begin with phrases such as:
The author says...
The text states…
For example, the author says...
Paraphrase:
Describe what is in the text in your own words. Be sure to describe something specific in the text.

8. Direct quotes Direct Quote:
Use quotation marks when you repeat a sentence, phrase, or even unique words from the text.
author says...
Examples:
She asserts that “life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.”
She urges her son not to “set down on the steps…”
“Tacks” and “splinters” and “torn up” are images of pain.

9. Paraphrasing
Restate a relevant part of the text in your own words. Make sure that you are referring to something specific in the text.author says... Examples: The staircase represents life because the speaker keeps talking about climbing stairs throughout the poem as she talks about life. In the final stanza, the speaker tells her son that it is important to keep climbing and never sit down just because life is hard.

10. Analyze and explain evidence
Explain how the quote or paraphrased evidence supports your idea. Begin with signal phrases such as: This shows… . This means… This reveals… This illustrates…
Evidence
According to the speaker, her staircase in life has had “tacks” and “splinters” and “boards torn up” and “no carpet.”
Explanation
This description of the speaker’s life in terms of a rundown staircase suggests that she has struggled in life. “Tacks” and “splinters” and “torn up” are images of pain. The lack of carpet implies poverty. The metaphor suggests that the speaker is as worn down from the trials of her life as a wooden staircase that has not been cared for.

11. Free Verse: Poem has no pattern of rhyme or rhythm

12. “In the Inner City” by Lucille Clifton in the inner city or like we call it home we think a lot about uptown and the silent nights and the houses straight as dead men and the pastel lights and we hang on to our no place happy to be alive and in the inner city

13. “Free Verse” by Robert Graves
I now delight 
In spite 
Of the might 
And the right 
Of classic tradition, 
In writing 
And reciting 
Straight ahead, 
Without let or omission, 
Just any little rhyme
In any little time 
That runs in my head; 
Because, I’ve said, 
My rhymes no longer shall stand arrayed
Like Prussian soldiers on parade
That march, 
Stiff as starch, 
Foot to foot, 
Boot to boot, 
Blade to blade,
Button to button, 
Cheeks and chops and chins like mutton.
No! No! 
My rhymes must go 
Turn ’ee, twist ’ee,
Twinkling, frosty, 
Will-o’-the-wisp-like, misty;

14. “Addiction To Reality” - by: Cindy Anne Fairey
TV shows Reality Illogically Over the top Yet Attracting the viewer  To strange worlds Many times Promised Deluding and imbecilic  So I won't An onset of ad's  Powerfully detested  So I surf to non-infectiousness It catches your eye Little interest at first  Then it flourishes An extraordinary voice Angelic while vigorous A partnership of dance Intense Waltz's, alighting Samba's Housemate's feud & vote Always playing the game Darn it! I promptly slap myself The channel goes back The head beached with the urge For brainier preferences The heart, ever grasped  By who is going or staying I frankly can not deny Next week, I will lurk Back to realities murky waters Once more

15. Paragraph
My sister is like a dark cloud. She storms out of her bedroom every morning when Mom wakes her up, and casts a dark shadow over the breakfast table. Often, she rains tears down in angry bursts. My sister is like a dark cloud.

16. Free verse
My sister is like a dark cloud. -line She storms out of her bedroom every morning when Mom wakes her up, and casts a dark shadow over the breakfast table. -stanza Often, she rains tears down in angry bursts. My sister is like a dark cloud.

17. Take this paragraph and write it in poetry form
A gentle breeze carries the scent of apples from the orchard. I can imagine the sweet, syrupy taste of the overripe apples that lay beneath heavy trees. When I was too little to pick an apple from the branch, I would sit in the shade and pick from the fallen fruit on the ground. Such a delicious memory of my boyhood.

18. A gentle breeze carries the scent of apples from the orchard
A gentle breeze carries the scent of apples from the orchard. I can imagine the sweet, syrupy taste of the overripe apples that lay beneath heavy trees. When I was too little to pick an apple from the branch, I would sit in the shade and pick from the fallen fruit on the ground. Such a delicious memory of my boyhood.

19. Entry 8: Life’s Code (10 lines/ 100 words
What is your life’s code?
-These lines can be written in paragraph, structured, or free verse form.
-Think about what is important to you. What do you value? What do you stand for? How do others view you as a person?

20. Tone: Writer’s attitude toward subject. Is he serious, sarcastic or playful? How does the writer feel about his subject? What is his purpose for the poem?

21. Tips for Identifying Tone
Try to put yourself in the poet’s shoes – look for clues as to when, where, why the poet is writing this poem
Read between the lines – is the poet sincere or sarcastic with their remarks?
Consider word choice – are there generally a lot of positive or negative words used in the poem?

22. “O Captain! My Captain!” – Walt Whitman
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:     But O heart! heart! heart!         O the bleeding drops of red,           Where on the deck my Captain lies,             Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills;       For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding; For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;     Here Captain! dear father!       This arm beneath your head;         It is some dream that on the deck,           You've fallen cold and dead. My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still; My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will; The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done; From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;             Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!         But I, with mournful tread,           Walk the deck my Captain lies,             Fallen cold and dead.

23. “This is Just to Say”   By William Carlos William   I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox   and which you were probably saving for breakfast   forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold

24. “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke The whiskey on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy; But I hung on like death: Such waltzing is not easy. We romped until the pans Slid from the kitchen shelf My mother’s countenance Could not unfrown itself.
The hand that held my wrist
Was battered on one knuckle;
At every step you missed
My right ear scraped a buckle.  
You beat time on my head
With a palm caked hard by dirt,
Then waltzed me off to bed
Still clinging to your shirt

25. Entry 9: Tone Poem (10 lines/100 words)
Write a ten line poem (structured or free verse) with a particular tone. We will share and identify tone in your poems. Some possible tones include angry, excited, sad, frightened, sarcastic, loving, proud or patriotic. Be prepared to share so that others can identify the tone.
Some Possible Ideas:
Angry (maybe about punishment you thought was unfair)
Sarcastic (maybe about how much you love English class!)

26. Speaker: Voice of poem; it may be the poet or a character he or she creates.

27. “I Never Said I wasn’t Difficult” By Sara Holbrook I never said I wasn’t difficult, I mostly want my way. Sometimes I talk back or pout and don’t have much to say. I’ve been known to yell, “So what,” when I’m stepping out of bounds. I want you there for me and yet, I don’t want you around. I wish I had more privacy and never had to be alone. I want to run away. I’m scared to leave my home.
I’m too tired to be responsible.
I wish I were boss.
I want to blaze new trails.
I’m terrified that I’ll get lost.
I wish an answer came
every time I asked you, “Why?”
I wish you weren’t a know-it-all
Why do you question when I’m bored?
I won’t be cross-examined.
I hate to be ignored.
I know,
I shuffle messages like cards,
some to show and some to hide.
But, if you think I’m hard to live with
you should try me inside.

28. “Little Sister” by Nikki Grimes little sister holds on tight
“Little Sister” by Nikki Grimes little sister holds on tight. My hands hurt from all that squeezing, but I don’t mind. She thinks no one will bother her when I’m around, and they won’t if I can help it. And even when I can’t I try ‘cause she believes in me.

29. But all the time
I’se been a-climbin’ on,
And reachin’ landin’s,
And turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in the dark
Where there ain’t been no light.
So boy, don’t you turn back.
Don’t you set down on the steps
‘Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.
Don’t you fall now-
For I’se still goin’ honey,
I’se still climbin,
And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
“Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes Well, son, I’ll tell you. Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. It’s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor- Bare.

30. Put yourself in someone else’s shoes:
Entry 10: Speaker (10 lines/100 words
Put yourself in someone else’s shoes:
Write ten lines (structured or free verse) from the point of view of one of your role models i.e., parent, sibling, celebrity, teacher, coach, etc. We will share poems and discuss the speaker of your poem and what we can tell about him or her.

31. Mood
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Definition: The overall feeling or emotion created by the author’s words. Ask yourself: how does the work make you feel? Happy? Uplifted? Sad? Fearful? On edge? Example: The fast paced, danger filled scenes at the end of Jurassic World provide a suspenseful and thrilling mood.

32. Brainstorm: Come up with methods creating mood. Think Pair Share.
How is mood established in film/TV?
How is mood established in music?
How is mood established in art?
How is mood established in writing?

33. Mood: listen to the following songs and think of the best adjective to describe the mood: uplifting, happy, optimistic, hopeful, pessimistic, gloomy, mournful, suspenseful, eerie.

34. Mood in Film: lighting, sound, setting
Mary Poppins trailer
Mary Poppins trailer recut as a horror film
Forrest Gump trailer
Forrest Gump trailer recut as a horror film

35. Mood in Art: color and line

36. Mood in literature: words!
Bouncing into the room, she lit up the vicinity with a joyous glow on her face as she told about her fiancé and their wedding plans. Mood?
Bursting through the door, the flustered mother screamed uncontrollably at the innocent teacher who gave her child an F.
Mood?

37. Mood: Write ten lines to describe the following
Being home alone in a thunderstorm when the lights go out
A small child lost in a crowded train station in New York City
Food fight in the cafeteria when the principal walks
The last day of middle school
Be prepared to share and discuss the mood of your poem!

38. Theme: An idea that is expressed through a work of art
Theme: An idea that is expressed through a work of art. -A landscape painting might express beauty. -A song might be about love. -The story “Three Little Pigs” expresses the authors view of honesty.

39. Possible literary subjects
Ambition
Death
Peace
War
Friendship
Jealousy
Beauty    
Loneliness
Betrayal
Love
Loss
Courage
Loyalty
Perseverance
Fear
Prejudice
Freedom
Suffering
Happiness
Truth
Duty
Patriotism

40. Theme is never one word!
Beauty
Possible themes:
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder
Beauty cannot last forever
Inner beauty is far more important than outer beauty

41. “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay

42. “Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar I know what the caged bird feels, alas! When the sun is bright on the upland slopes; When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass, And the river flows like a stream of glass; When the first bird sings and the first bud opes, And the faint perfume from its chalice steals-- I know what the caged bird feels! I know why the caged bird beats its wing Till its blood is red on the cruel bars; For he must fly back to his perch and cling When he fain would be on the bough a-swing;
And a pain still throbs in the old, old scars
And they pulse again with a keener sting--
I know why he beats his wing!
I know why the caged bird sings, ah me,
When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,--
When he beats his bars and he would be free;
It is not a carol of joy or glee,
But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core,
But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings--
I know why the caged bird sings!

43. Theme: -Write a ten line poem (structured or free verse) that explores any of the following topics for themes: peace, friendship, jealousy, loneliness, love, courage, learning, prejudice, truth, equality, growth. -Place your name, period, and date in the upper left-hand corner of your paper -Title the poem, “Theme Poem” -Write the theme statement before you write the poem (NOT ONE WORD!) -Write a poem that is at least 100 words (10 words a line)

44. Describe and compare themes of “Video” and “I Don’t Want to Be
Describe and compare themes of “Video” and “I Don’t Want to Be.” Use two examples from EACH song to support your opinion.

45. Ten Things My Students Say…
I wasn’t talking.
Are we doing something fun today?
I didn’t know there was a test today!
That’s not fair!
I left it in my locker.
What number are we on?
Can I get a drink?
I already handed that in
What period is this?
When is this class over?

46. Imagery and Figurative Language: Similar to special effects in a movie, they grab attention and help create mental pictures and moods. Poems rich in imagery appeal to the senses to help the reader experience the text.

47. Imagery
Sensory Details: Words and phrases that appeal to one or more of five senses
Image: Picture or sensation reader forms in his or her mind
Imagery: Collection of sensations or images.

48. Imagery
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Definition: Words that appeal to the five senses and enhance the reader’s experience.
Example: Ernestine (a dolphin) nuzzled in beside me and laid her pectoral fin on my back. I couldn’t resist her. Without conscious thought, my hand reached up and stroked her side. It felt smooth, soft, and firm, like the inside surface of a hard-boiled egg.

49. What sense is this imagery appealing to ?
Ernestine (a dolphin) nuzzled in beside me and laid her pectoral fin on my back. I couldn’t resist her. Without conscious thought, my hand reached up and stroked her side. It felt smooth, soft, and firm, like the inside surface of a hard-boiled egg.

50. What sense is this imagery appealing to ?
None of the divers had air tanks. Each diver breathed through a thin yellow air hose leading up to the surface, where it was plugged into a brass outlet on an air compressor. I noticed the strange shape of the bubbles as they left my regulator and wobbled to the surface. They were not round but dome-shaped, flat on the bottom, and they changed as they rose toward the mirrorlike surface twenty feet above.

51. What sense is this imagery appealing to ?
I heard the crash of the surface as it broke apart and thumped shut above me…As the dolphin charged, I heard a roar of cavitation (the sudden formation of bubbles) as the very water tore, breaking into hydrogen and oxygen…heard the klonk that I knew signaled aggression.

52. Write a paragraph rich with imagery
Row A and B: Appeal to sense of sight Row C: Appeal to sense of sound Row D: Appeal to sense of touch Row E: Appeal to sense of smell Row F: Appeal to sense of taste

53. Describe this picture using imagery:
Write a sentence for each sense: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch (5 sentences!)

54. “Preludes” excerpt
By T.S. Elliot
The winter evening settles down With the smell of steaks in passageways. Six o'clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps The grimy scraps Of withered leaves about your feet And newspapers from vacant lots; The showers beat On broken blinds and chimneypots, And at the corner of the street A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps. And then the lighting of the lamps.
“A Dream Deferred” By Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?

55. Figurative Language
LT13
Definition: This cannot be taken literally because it is written to create a special feeling or effect. The most common figures of speech are simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and personification. Describe this photo using one of the above forms of figurative language.

56. Literal language
Words that are used according to their dictionary definition.
Examples:
I graded papers on Saturday.
My grandma bakes delicious cakes.
Grammar exercises are great fun. I

57. Figurative Language
Words used in imaginative ways to express ideas by comparison or suggestion rather than literal, concrete meanings. Examples of figurative language: Similes metaphors Hyperbole Personification

58. Simile Imaginative comparison using like or as. Examples:
The lanterns bobbed like lightning bugs in the wind.
The teacher was like a broken record because he kept repeating himself.

59. “Be Like the Bird” By Victor Hugo Be like the bird, who Halting in his flight On limb to slight Feels it give way beneath him, Yet sings Knowing he hath wings

60. Personification: A description of an object, animal, place or idea, as if it were human or had human qualities

61. “ Sleeping in the Forest” by Mary Oliver
I thought the earth
remembered me, she
took me back so tenderly, arranging
her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds. I slept
as never before, a stone on the riverbed, nothing
between me and the white fire of the stars
but my thoughts, and they floated
light as moths among the branches
of the perfect trees. All night
I heard the small kingdoms breathing
around me, the insects, and the birds
who do their work in the darkness. All night
I rose and fell, as if in water, grappling
with a luminous doom. By morning
I had vanished at least a dozen times
into something better.

62. “The City is So Big” By Richard Garcia The city is so big Its bridges quake with fear I know, I have seen at night The lights sliding from house to house And trains pass with windows shining Like a smile full of teeth I have seen machines eating houses. And stairways walk all by themselves And elevator doors opening and closing And people disappear.

63. Hyperbole
LT17
Definition: An exaggeration used to emphasize a point. Example: I am so hungry, I could eat a whale. I’m so exhausted I could sleep for a week! Hyerbole Jeopardy: Yes or No?

64. Task:
Six Flags Great Adventure is opening a new rollercoaster. Name it and describe it in terms of hyperbole. (5-7 lines)

65. Metaphor
LT24
Definition: A comparison of two unlike things that does NOT use the words “like” or “as.” Example: “Greta is a ray of sunshine.” “After lunch, John is a sleepy bear.” “Without coffee in the morning, I’m a zombie”

66. Metaphors are everywhere!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Your heart
Metaphors are everywhere!
In Poetry
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul…
Excerpt from “Hope” by Emily Dickinson
In Art
Your Heart

67. Even in speech. http://blog. flocabulary
Even in speech! Metaphors are everywhere!

68. Task: Create an unusual metaphor and avoid worn out comparisons
Task: Create an unusual metaphor and avoid worn out comparisons. Cliche: The rain came down like cats and dogs. Fresh: The rain came down in harsh, exploding capsules.
The sun = Your enemy’s heart = Dress = A face =
Piece of fruit or an body part A landscape Any sound Household appliance or machine

69. Some inspiring examples
The sun = piece of fruit or body part The sun glared at me, a critical eye following me down the street, making me want to hold my head down to avoid the scrutiny. A friend or enemy’s heart = a landscape His heart was a lifeless desert after the loss of his wife, a barren hopeless place. Dress = a sound Sarah’s gaudy prom dress shouted across the room at me, its brash colors screaming all at once for my attention. A face = household appliance or machine I stare at my girlfriend’s face, trying to figure her out, but she is a wall clock that is too far away to read.

70. Examples
The sun glared at me, a critical eye following me down the street, making me want to hold my head down to avoid the scrutiny. His heart was a lifeless desert after the loss of his wife, a barren hopeless place. Sarah’s gaudy prom dress shouted across the room at me, its brash colors screaming all at once for my attention. I stare at my girlfriend’s face, trying to figure her out, but she is a wall clock that is too far away to read.

71. “Ode to enchanted light” by Pablo Neruda
Under the trees light
has dropped from the top of the sky.
light
like a green
latticework of branches,
shining
on every leaf,
drifting down like clean
white sand.
A cicada send
its sawing song
high into the empty air
The world is a glass overflowing with water.

72. Extended metaphor: Metaphor that is extended through a stanza or entire poem, often by multiple comparisons of unlike objects or ideas

73. “Scaffolding” by Seamus Heaney
Masons, when they start upon a building,
Are careful to test out the scaffolding;
Make sure that planks won’t slip at busy points,
Secure all ladders, tighten bolted joints.
And yet all this comes down when the job’s done
Showing off walls of sure and solid stone.
So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to be
Old bridges breaking between you and me
Never fear. We may let the scaffolds fall
Confident that we have built our wall.

74. “Identity” by Julio Noboa Polanco Let them be as flowers, always watered, fed, guarded, admired, but harnessed to a pot of dirt. I'd rather be a tall, ugly weed, clinging on cliffs, like an eagle wind-wavering above high, jagged rocks. To have broken through the surface of stone, to live, to feel exposed to the madness of the vast, eternal sky. To be swayed by the breezes of an ancient sea, carrying my soul, my seed, beyond the mountains of time or into the abyss of the bizarre.
I'd rather be unseen, and if then shunned by everyone, than to be a pleasant-smelling flower, growing in clusters in the fertile valley, where they're praised, handled, and plucked by greedy, human hands. I'd rather smell of musty, green stench than of sweet, fragrant lilac. If I could stand alone, strong and free, I'd rather be a tall, ugly weed.

75. Rhyme: Repetition of identical or similar sounds Rhyme Scheme: Pattern of rhyme in a poem. Assign each line of a stanza a letter of the alphabet, starting with “a” for the first line; assign the same letter to lines that rhyme.

76. There was an old man who supposed a
That the street door was partially closed; a
But some very large rats, b
Ate his coats and his hats, b
While that futile old gentleman dozed. a

77. “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted
wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to
way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

78. Onomatopoeia: The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning like buzz, hiss, and clap

79. “The moan of doves in immemorial elms,
And murmuring of innumerable bees.”
(From “The Princess: Come Down Oh Maid” by Tennyson)

80. The rusty spigot sputters, utters a splutter, spatters a smattering of drops, gashes wider; slash, splatters, scatters, spurts, finally stops sputtering and plash! gushes rushes splashes clear water dashes. by Eve Merriam

81. Alliteration: The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

82. Alliteration Hip-Hop Alliteration Example:
LT1
Hip-Hop Alliteration Example:
“I’m a twenty ton terror on top of Tokyo towers with two titanium tentacles” –NoCanDo
“Furious, phat, fabulous, fantastic/flurries of funk felt feeding the fanatics”" -Blackalicious

83. Task
If you were a musical artist, how would you describe yourself? Write two lines that feature alliteration.
Now create two lines of music that feature alliteration to describe your favorite celebrity.
Have fun and be prepared to share!

84. Imagery: creates strong mental pictures
"It's only fair to warn I was born with a set of horns And metaphors attached to my darn umbilical cord The warlord of rap that'll bash you with a 2x4 board And smash into your Honda Accord with a 4-door Ford But I'm more toward dropping an a capella To chop a fella to mozzarella worse than a helicopter propeller!“

85. Sound: consonance and assonance
We touch I feel a rush We clutch it isn't much But it's enough to make me wonder whats in store for us It's lust, it's torturous  You must be a sorceress 'cause you just Did the impossible Gained my trust don't play games it'll be dangerous
From “Space bound” by Eminem

86. The use of simile
“…some of us cannibals Who cut other people open like cantaloupes…” “The Real Slim Shady” By Eminem

87. The use of metaphor
“…maybe our relationship isn’t as crazy as it seems maybe that’s what happens when a tornado meets a volcano…” “Love the Way you Lie” by Eminem