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Poet or Rapper?
Literary Devices
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Figurative Language
Poet or Rapper?
100
What is, "But trust me if we ever show in your section Believe me, it's for your own protection Cause we see things that you need not see And we be places that you need not be."
Rapper - Will Smith
100
What is, "I'm on point like an elbow, Hands red like elmo."
Figurative Language - Simile
100
What does this poem mean, "Said the little boy, "Sometimes I drop my spoon." Said the old man, "I do that too." Said the little boy, "I often cry." The old man nodded, "So do I." But worst of all," said the boy, "it seems Grown-ups don't pay attention to me." And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand. "I know what you mean," said the little old man.
There are a lot of similarities between young children and the elderly in our society.
100
What is, "Black words leap, snapping from the white page. Rushing into my eyes. Sliding into my brain which gobbles them the way my tongue and teeth chomp the buttered popcorn."
Personification or Onomatopoeia
100
What is, "You know parents are the same No matter time nor place They don't understand that us kids Are going to make some mistakes"
Rapper - Will Smith
200
What is, "Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair."
Poet - Langston Hughes
200
What is, "The foulest stench is in the air The funk of forty thousand years And grizzly ghouls from every tomb Are closing in to seal your doom"
Alliteration For an extra 50 points: Tone (Fear) For an extra 50 points: Imagery
200
What is, "You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, But still, like dust, I'll rise."
No matter what happens to the narrator or what people say, it will not affect her. Like the sentiment, "sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt her."
200
What is, "Out of sight, out of mind, wide beaming opticals Perfected poem, powerful punchlines."
Alliteration
200
What is, "A yawn tells my mom that it’s time for bed But with a touch of pixie dust I can fly instead. I’m bound to leave the ground so I open up the windows of my room to look up at space and face the moon."
Rapper - Ugly Duckling
300
What is, "The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins It's human rights for everybody, there is no difference, Live on and be yourself"
Rapper - Macklemore
300
What is, "Quoth the raven, Nevermore."
Repetition
300
What does the following mean, "Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow, And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go, For the children, they mark, and the children, they know The place where the sidewalk ends."
Where the sidewalk ends is typically where people have the most fun, like the grass. Where the sidewalk ends represents the more enjoyable things in life and children typically enjoy life the most.
300
What is, "Cause baby you're a firework."
Metaphor
300
What is, "Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's laws wrong, it learned how to walk without having feet. Funny it seems but, by keeping its dreams it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete!"
Rapper - Tupac
400
What is, "In the morning the city Spreads its wings, making a song In stone that sings. In the evening the city Goes to bed Hanging lights, above its head.
Poet - Langston Hughes
400
What is, "Success is my only option, failure's not, I cannot grow old in Salem's lot, So here I go it's my shot. Feet fail me not, this may be the only opportunity that I got"
Character Development
400
What does the following mean, "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."
The narrator has two paths in front of him and he chooses to take the one that is less worn out. The narrator ultimately decides that taking the less worn path has made a positive difference in his life.
400
What is, "Can You See the Pride in the panthers as they unify as one. The flower blooms with brilliance, and outshines the rays of the sun."
Metaphor
400
What is, "Poetry is the language of imagination Poetry is a form of positive creation Difficult, isn't it the point? Ya missin' it Rockin's kinda new to me cause my true love is poetry"
Rapper - Typical Cats
500
What is, "But only you saw what took many time to see, I dedicate this to you for believing in me."
Rapper - CL Smooth
500
What is, "I'm starting with the man in the mirror, I'm asking him to change his ways No message could have been any clearer If you wanna make the world A better place take a look at yourself, And then make a change"
Theme - True change starts with every one of us
500
What does this mean, "The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done; From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won."
A ship has returned home safe and sound and they won a battle, even though it was very fearful.
500
What is, "If I had to choose her or the sun, I'd be one nocturnal son of a gun."
Hyperbole
500
What is, "There's no exact science to his magic making, But imagination's still the world's finest engineer"
Rapper - Shad