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In the Hawaiian language, "wiki" means quick. This is a quick, interactive site for English 9 students where they can view daily assignments including vocabulary, upload documents, and post written work. Always keep in mind that this public domain is an educational resource; therefore, students must not write anything they do not want their principal, guardians, and clergyman/woman to read. Inappropriate content will generate unpleasant consequences.
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Rap artists use poetic devices in their lyrics to create fluidity, sensory images, and musicality in their songs. Sounds within words can add a beat, elongate a line, or emphasize an emotion. Some devices they use are alliteration, assonance, repetition, onomatopoeia, and rhyme.
Alliteration is the repeating of consonant sounds, like this: Jack rabbits jump joyously for jelly beans. The repeated sound is /j/ and it gives the line a beat.
Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds, like this: Eels creep in the deep blue sea. The repeating sound is /ee/, and creates an eerie sound.
Remember, in both cases a sound is repeated, not a letter. Philosophical fish fry fritters on Fridays carries the /f/sound four times with the letter “f” and twice in the blend “ph”.
Repetition suggests that something occurs more than once or it implies great importance and intensity. When an artist repeats a word or phrase, he/she is calling special attention to it.
Onomatopoeia is a sensory device adding sound to the lyrics.
Rhyme creates musicality to words so that the lyrics flow like poetry, not prose. Words that rhyme have exactly the same ending sound, even though the words may be spelled differently.
Your assignment is to write rap lyrics that contains alliteration, assonance, repetition, onomatopoeia, and rhyme. Highlight the significant words and sounds within your lyrics and identify them after your name. Wiki will shut off on the morning of Tuesday, 12/5; be prepared to perform your song in class on that day.
Examples from past years:
If you could count the stars in the skies
The amount may open your eyes
All the dreamers dancing in the dark
And poets writing for some pay
Though all of it fades within the day
Fighting for some fortune and fame
When society’s appeal for death and the new tabloid is to blame
Creeping deep in the night to feel free and have peace
Though the artists of never don’t get any sleep
Crash! Thud! Bang!
Talent is no more in a world that focuses on our bodies and the clothes that we wear
And the way we style our hair
Dreamers are left in a world so cruel
Fighting doesn’t come easy
If you could count the stars in the skies
Every single last star in the sky
The amount of dead dreamers may open your eyes
The feeling is real, the feeling is real
But everything is blurry and all that matters is:
What she wore last night
And which celebrity couple split because of a fight.
-Eric Felts
Every day I get older
Life’s daily problems feel like boulders
Along with advice and how I’ve kept it
But I know that’s life and I have to accept it
Life won’t be easy, there are ups and down
Ever heard of karma yeah it goes round and round
From clicking and clanging on pots as a child
To all this homework and studying now piled
I try to be the best of myself everyday
And remembering the feeling of being 8 as if it was only yesterday
Growing up teaches me to have self respect, so this will be a benefit
No one enjoys getting older but I realized I have to accept it
These are some years that I’ll never forget
But people will remember me as that one brunette
I have to live life lively and always stay lit
Living it reckless, fearless, and never be useless
Growing up is something I have to accept
Every year I grow older which is just one bigger step
By: Natalie Perez
Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Alliteration, and Assonance
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