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EXTRA CREDIT TEST GRADE:  MEMORIZE  AND PERFORM THIS RAP FOR THE CLASS  (TWO OR THREE PEOPLE MAY PERFORM TOGETHER)

Chorus
Sometimes what you mean is not exactly what you say
That’s figurative language, using words in different ways
Personification, alliteration, assonance, hyperbole
Onomatopoeia, metaphor, and simile

Verse I
When Sally seems to sit somewhere separate from Sonia, Or Caleb calls Chris ‘cause he’s coming to California It’s called alliteration: that’s what occurs When you got the same sound at the start of every word
But when you’ve got a vowel sound that keeps sounding the same That’s a figure called assonance, yeah, that’s its name It’s what I’m trying to define by providing this example But I cannot deny that assonance can be a handful

Chorus

Sometimes what you mean is not exactly what you say
That’s figurative language, using words in different ways
Personification, alliteration, assonance, hyperbole
Onomatopoeia, metaphor, and simile

Verse II
A simile is something that you use to compare
Two unrelated things with an element that’s shared My mind is like an ocean; it’s as smooth as jazz But it’s only a simile if it uses “like” or “as”
A metaphor is similar, but watch out! Be careful ’cause you’ve got to leave “like” and “as” out My mind is an ocean; my words are a river, So keep your ears open as I continue to deliver

Chorus

Sometimes what you mean is not exactly what you say
That’s figurative language, using words in different ways
Personification, alliteration, assonance, hyperbole
Onomatopoeia, metaphor, and simile

Verse III
Now if the sun’s smiling down, or the boat hugged the shore That’s personification, nothing less, nothing more
But with a buzz or a ding or a hiss or a roar That’s onomatopoeia that we’re using for sure
Hyperbole: man, that’s like a million times harder!
Take something true, then exaggerate it way farther
Now you’ve heard this song from beginning to the finish
Now you’ve got some tools to draw your literary image

"He who learns but does not think is lost! 
He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger!" 
Confucius 551-479 B.C. (Chinese philosopher)

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"YOU make choices, but  CHOICES make you." (DOS)
 
“Men are not prisoners of fate, but prisoners of their own minds.” (FDR)

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DID YOU KNOW THAT NO PIECE OF PAPER CAN BE FOLDED IN HALF MORE THAN SEVEN TIMES?  TRY IT.  THEN GET BACK TO WORK.

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