Whats Next From Chart to Rough Draft

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Whats Next? (From Chart to Rough Draft)

• Review your Sensory Chart. With each poem,
  whether it be one of something you can see or
  must simply create in your mind, VISUALIZE the
  topic and create a sensory chart.
• Change simple words that fail to create a picture
  for the audience with figurative language and/ or
  better word choice. Use your thinking map.
• Use line breaks, repetition, rhyme, and/ or
  rhythm.

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Figurative Language
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• You call me a chump cause Im serving verses?
  Yall know what the mouth of the horse is. Its
  the place where you hear it first kids. It
  could be raining cats and dogs, Big drops that
  hit when they fall. Flocabll put the pedal to
  the metal, If you meddle with my levels, Im
  gonna stir it up like Steve Biko, never settle.
  They say the devils in the details, So if
  you're making a beat, Never overlook the treble.
  I'll be selling this retail, Like Sally at the
  seashore selling seashells. Followers ride our
  coattails, We cut them off each week like
  toenails. Oh yeah, Flocab up on that, Crews who
  be chewing the fat, Talking bout this and bout
  that, Oh, now we up on the map. Whoa, hold
  your horses. You call me a chump cause Im
  serving verses? Yall know what the mouth of the
  horse is. Its the place where you hear it first
  kids. This is news for all you new crews, Keep
  your kids close like Kangaroos do. I could eat a
  horse, or an animal, So hungry I cant stand it
  though. I see red when Im mad like the Red Sea,
  Or the color other than blue on your Pepsi, Who
  are you to test me? Hold your horses like a
  jockey, Cause its impossible to stop me
  Whoa, hold your horses. You call me a chump
  cause Im serving verses? Yall know what the
  mouth of the horse is. Its the place where you
  hear it first kids.

• We pulled out all the stops, took it up a notch,
  Stepped it up, so we're over the top. Im
  married to hip-hop till I die, so I tied the
  knot You flip-flopped, changed your mind so
  you get dropped. "Hip-Hop is dead..." Thats
  nonsense, stop talking, put a sock in it. If
  you dont have a sock, use a stocking, We
  rockin it. Like a quarry, a diamond in the
  rough, no need to worry. Now you know whats up.
  Im off the record, off the beat, and off the
  cuff, Im off the top, Im just making it up,
  Im caught with my pants down, But my hands are
  up. We're in your face like your nose is, So go
  slow kids. When you walk through life, Dont
  forget to smell the roses. And I think that you
  know this. Whoa, hold your horses. You call me
  a chump cause Im serving verses? Yall know
  what the mouth of the horse is. Its the place
  where you hear it first kids. Its the place
  where you hear it first kids.

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RememberingBy Gabrielle Moore

• As the urn sits silently filled with her,
• The mind is void of thought
• The heart is without emotion.
• Though I walk through the valley of the shadow
  of death, I shall not fear.
• Her reminder whispers in my ear on a faint hint
  of breeze through the garden.
• The pain will not last, but my love is with you
  always.
• Although her words rain down and cause a
  waterfall of tears,
• Life is what she gave me, and it is life Ill
  Live.

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How do you use this in a poem?

• Decide on a theme Funeral Arrangement could
  mean Rememberance. Use your sensory chart to
  come up with ideas throughout this process
• Put your thoughts in logical order Funeral,
  Your Emotion, Wise words from lost soul, lost
  souls feelings toward your emotion or you in
  general, and his/ her life in general (sum it up
  for the audience.)
• Use your figurative language chart to create the
  linesuse your sensory chart as well.

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Figurative Language in Rap?Hip-hop music and
poetry are full of figurative language. Here is a
guide for identifying and using figurative
language in rap songs and poems. In this list,
each figurative language term has a pronunciation
guide, a definition, and an example. Remember
Rap is poetry, and a lot of poetry is rap. Also
check out examples of metaphors in popular
hip-hop page.Simile (SIH-muh-lee) a comparison
between two or more things using the words like
or as.example "I move fast like a cheetah on
the Serengeti."Metaphor (MET-uh-for) a
comparison between two or more things that
doesn't use the words like or as.example "You
are an ant, while I'm the lion."Alliteration
(uh-LIT-er-AY-shuhn) a phrase with a string of
words all beginning with the same sound.example
"Five freaky females finding sales at
retail."Hyperbole (hie-PER-buh-lee) an
exaggeration.example "I fought a million
rappers in an afternoon in June."Personification
, (per-son-if-ih-KAY-shon) giving an animal or
object human-like characteristics.example
"Alright, the sky misses the sun at
night."Paradox (PARE-uh-docks) a statement
that seems untrue, that seems to contradict
itself.example "The poorest man is the richest,
and the rich are poor."Symbol (SIM-bull)
something that stands for something else (often
something more abstract).example In Tupac
Shakur's song Me and My Girlfriend, the
"girflfriend" referenced is actually his
gun.Assonance (ASS-uh-nince) the repetition of
vowel sounds to create internal rhyme.example
""Hear the mellow wedding bells." - Edgar Allen
Poe"Onomatopoeia (ON-uh-mat-uh-PEE-uh) a word
that imitates the sound it is describing.example
"Out of reach, I pull out with a
screech."Apostrophe (uh-POS-troh-fee) a figure
of speech that addresses (talks to) a dead or
nonpresent person, or an object.example "O,
King Vitamin cereal, you blow my mind!"

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The Official Flocabulary Ten-Step Technique for
Learning to Freestyle Rapby Emcee Escher,
esq.Step 1. Start easyNo need to start off
rhyming the toasty cows utter with most o my
flows butter. No need to even rhyme. Just
forget everything else and flow. The rhythm can
be simple, the words might be second-grade level,
but youre still freestyling as long as you make
it up. This was my first freestyle rap, which I
spit when I was 11 months old I am funny,I
like bunnies, Touch my tummy, Mummy
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Step 2. Keep flowingYoure going to make
mistakes. Youre going to sound stupid. Make your
first freestyle rap verses your stupidest verses
just to get them out of the way. Keep flowing.
Cant think of a rhyme? Keep flowing! Stutter
over words? Keep flowing. Its inevitable that at
some point some of your lines wont rhyme, wont
make sense, or that you will inadvertently diss
yourself. (I knew one guy who accidentally dissed
himself all the time when we were freestyling.)
Just keep flowing. If you make a mistake, do your
best to incorporate your mistake into your next
lines like Eminem did on this freestyle I take
a beat and loop it, I take a beat and choop
it,Choop it? What does that mean?I dont know
but I got fat jeans on, And I already said
that,I dont know where my heads at,Another
technique to use when you find yourself in a bind
is to whip out a quick filler. Fillers are just
little phrases that you can insert occasionally
to give you more time to think of a dope line.
Every emcee has his own fillers. For example,
Eyedea says I grab the microphone. Jin often
says, Im (nasty) when Im freeing. I usually
say, You know what Im sayin?Try to come up
with a few fillers that you feel comfortable
using. Theyll bail you out of some awkward
pauses. As you get better, you can rely less
heavily on your fillers.
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Step 3. Rhyme in your mind ahead of timeHeres
the biggest trick to freestyle rapping as soon
as you know what word youre going to end line 1
with, your mind should start racing to find out a
word you can use at the end of line 2. Lets say
your first line is, Im colder than a Dairy
Queen Blizzard. As soon as you realize that
youre going to end the line with Blizzard, you
should immediately think of something that rhymes
with that word and might possibly be related
wizardlizard scissor miss her pins
hurtPick one and then try to carve the second
line to lead toward that word. Lets say you pick
wizard, your next line might be Im colder
than a Dairy Queen Blizzard,This is Lord of the
Rings, youre the hobbit, Im the wizard,If you
pick scissor, you might sayIm colder than a
Dairy Queen Blizzard,A rebel since I was five,
went running with scissors, The real trick of
freestyling is to have your mind constantly
racing ahead of what youre saying. This isnt
easy, but youll get quicker with practice.
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Step 4. WriteWriting raps will help you
freestyle. When you write, rhymes become embedded
in your head, and youre more likely to be able
to pull these rhymes off the top of your head in
a freestyle. For the most part, you should never
spit a long pre-written verse at a cipher, but
you can certainly use rhyming words and shorter
phrases that youve worked out beforehand. When
Proof rhymes Ewoks, treetops, and Reeboks in a
freestyle, you better believe hes thought of
those rhymes ahead of time. Hes still freeing,
but hes using rhyme words hed already worked
out. Sitting down and writing every day will
improve your freestyles. It will expand your
memory of rhyming words, and it will give you
experience working these words into clever lines.
Its also a good idea to write a few
multi-purpose bars that you can spit at a
freestyle in case you get really stuck. Put those
lines in a Break Out Rhymes In Case of
Emergency box, and smash the glass when you need
help. This isnt cheating its shrewd. When
youre writing these in case of emergency
lines, make them strong and interesting, but not
too ridiculously amazing. In other words, dont
do this Turn the beat up, its all that I need,
(free)Rocking my pumas and my white tee,
(free)Hit or miss, this penetrates the uranium
nucleus, (written)Smoke crews like a hookah plus
Im nuking your crib, (written)You dont want
your emergency rhymes to be that obvious. Try
to write rhymes that generally match your level
of freestyle but are clever and smart.
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Step 5. Rap about things around youThis is
definitely the best way to prove to the crowd
that youre really freestyling and not just
spitting something you wrote in your room the
night before. Its also a huge crowd-pleaser,
cause its impressive and it makes everyone real
glad that theyre hanging out with you. Rap about
things you see. Incorporate objects, actions,
people, clothing, situations, and sounds into
your rap. When Im in the shower, Ill rap about
what kind of soap Im using Trying hard to get
clean, maybe just a smidgen,Make my Dove dirty,
oh, now I call it pigeonAt a battle competition,
this is crucial. Youve got to spit things
specific about your opponent. These are the
hardest-hitting punches. Take Iron Solomons
opening lines against The Saurus in a battle on
the streets of New York. He looks his opponent up
and down, sees that hes wearing shorts, and then
spitsMaybe you should have come here rocking a
better flannel,Or at least some long pants,You
should have checked the weather channel.
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One of the freestyle kings is a rapper from North
Carolina named Spectac, who can spit a rhyme off
the top of his head that sounds like it was
pre-written. Ive heard Spectac freestyle for 40
minutes straight over various beats, and Ive
seen him in action at a show, getting some kid to
walk around the audience pointing at things and
Spec rhymes about it. I asked Spectac what it
takes to freestyle. Heres what he told
meHonestly, first of all, you have to have a
love for the music and not just the hip-hop
genre. You have to love the instrumental. Once
you have the passion for it, anybody can develop
the ability to freestyle. It comes down to how
much time youre willing to invest in practicing
that part of the art. When Im freestyling, Im
thinking ahead. Im definitely thinking ahead. At
the same time, I dont get too far ahead of
myself. You try to enjoy it with the crowd. Enjoy
the punch lines, but keep yourself focused on the
fact that the party isnt over.
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Step 6. Include metaphorsMetaphors and similes
are an advanced but important part of freestyle
rapping. They are often found in a rappers
funniest and cleverest lines, and they really
differentiate beginners from skilled emcees. A
rapper like Lil Wayne lays down verses that
straight-up drip with similes and metaphors. Hes
the one who is balling like Rawlings and
Spalding, who is a giant like fee fi fo fum,
who is counting (money) all day like a clock on
the wall. Not only does he drop lots of similes,
he drops clever, original similes. So do like he
does. Dont just say sharp as a knife. Say
Im sharp as Samurai swordsIm extra sharp
like cheddarIm sharp as a Schick
QuattroMetaphors and similes are really the
backbone of an advanced rapper. Learn how to use
metaphors correctly. Your rhymes will not only be
funnier and smarter, theyll sound better too.
Take these lines from rapper Chingo Bling Im
fly like Big Pun on prom night with a
cummerbund. You know that is fly!
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Step 7. Reference current eventsJust as good as
referencing something nearby is referencing
something timely. Lets say, for example, that
you are at a cipher, rapping with some of your
friends (dissin each other, just goofin
around), and the day before you remember reading
that Star Jones recently lost 200 pounds. How
dope is it if you throw that in your rhymes You
big now, but you bout to get cut down,Faster
than Star Jones dropping 200 poundsI recently
heard an emcee reference soaring gas
pricesFast? Son, that aint fastIm rising
faster than the price of gasWhether its related
to sports, politics, music or celebrities, if
its in the news, reference it. As Wordsworth
says, I just try to think of whats important to
the people in my surroundings and try to speak on
it.
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Step 8. Pass the mic like its contagiousRap in
ciphersgroups of two or more rappers playing off
each other, trading verses. This is a great way
to improve, and its definitely fun. One of your
friends can beat box, you can throw a beat on the
stereo, or just freestyle over nothing. Take
turns, cutting in whenever you want or when
someone passes you the mic. (You probably wont
have an actual mic). Never drop the invisible
mic! Pick it up and pass it! Work off other
peoples rhymes. If they throw in something about
the Bible, pick up that theme and run with it.
Try to stick to similar topics, or riff off
topics in creative ways. Expand on or reference
their lines. When my friends and I cipher, we
like to kick about random stuff that we all know
about, like our personal lives.
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Pick it up and pass it! Work off other peoples
rhymes. If they throw in something about the
Bible, pick up that theme and run with it. Try to
stick to similar topics, or riff off topics in
creative ways. Expand on or reference their
lines. When my friends and I cipher, we like to
kick about random stuff that we all know about,
like our personal lives. MeGot no girlfriend,
and girls are good for your health,Know what I
mean? Uh, at least I work for myself,You see me
here, kid, and I rhyme crazy,Used to have a job
reading to a rich blind lady,ZachYou rhyme
crazy, and sometimes you rhyme lazy, But I love
this rap game, cause rhyming is my baby,
Visually, lyrically Im known as a
mystery,Yall couldnt even see me on HDTV,Its
always good to pick up the rhyme scheme of the
person right before you. In a great freestyle
between Brooklyn rappers Mos Def and Talib Kweli
(back when they were together as Blackstar), Mos
Def ends his first verse asking Kweli if hes
with it. Kweli responds, Im always with it
Later Kweli spits rhymes about some emcees
looking wack, then he passes the mic to Mos who
continues the rhyme, saying that they always look
wack cause look at the way they dress. These
are the best freestyles raps that connect with
the rhyme sounds and topic of the rappers around
you. In the best-case scenario, the rhymes
intertwine like the fibers in a Shredded Wheat
biscuit.
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Step 9. When youre in a cipher, think aheadOne
of the great things about rapping in ciphers is
that after you spit one verse you get a break
before you spit again. This break is your best
friend. Its during this break that youll be
listening and responding to your friends verses.
But youll also be planning out your next verse.
Whenever Im in a cipher, I never like to get
back on the mic until Ive composed four to six
quality lines in my head. To be most impressive,
these lines will be about things around you, or
theyll be about something your friend said in
his verse. Lets say your friend is wearing a
shirt that has Daffy Duck on it. While hes
spitting, you can write a line like this I know
youve had a tough year and had some crappy
luck,But why you gotta wear a shirt with Daffy
Duck?Thats not an amazing line, but I guarantee
you that in a cipher people will go nuts over
that. (Make sure to point at his shirt as you say
it). I always try to think of two or three of
those rhyming couplets before I spit again.
Usually Ill drop one right away and then use the
other two later in the verse.
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Step 10. Listen and practiceFreestyling, like
sculpting or shooting three-pointers, takes an
insane amount of practice. Practice as much as
you can. Freestyle with homeless people, with
your friends, and with your family. Listen to pro
rappers who freestyle and try to analyze their
styles. Rap all the time practice all night and
day. Practice might not make perfect, but it
makes real good! This freestyle guide appears in
the The Rapper's Handbook A Guide to Freestyling
and Writing Rhymes. Click the cover to purchase.
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Parts of Speech

• Create a thinking map of the parts of speech. Be
  sure to include a definition, example, and the
  different types. For example, a noun can be
  proper, common, even a phrase.
• Find pictures of your examples in magazines, and
  cut them out to be used in your collage of the
  P.O.S.
• Complete your collage, then create a We Are
  poem about your P.O.S. Map.

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Parts of Speech Pop Quiz

• In the following sentence, label the common,
  proper, and possessive nouns Thinking back to
  yesterday, Mrs. Moores test was not only
  difficult to pass without knowing the parts of
  speech, but also revealing in the number of
  students who didnt complete her two day thinking
  map assignment.
• What is a pronoun? What are the different
  pronouns used in the sentence from number one?
  What kinds of pronouns are they?
• What are the three types of verbals? What are
  verbals? What kinds of verbals are used number
  one?
• 4. What types of verbs are used in the
  sentence in number one? Dont forget to state
  whether they are past present or future.
• 5. How are adverbs and adjectives different? How
  are they the same?
• 6. What are the two types of prepositional
  phrases. Name the phrase from sentence one and
  which kind it is.
• 7. What are the three types of conjunctions?
  Label the conjunctions from the sentence in
  number one.
• 8. Which two parts of speech always represent the
  subject of a sentence?
• If a verb is a linking verb, can the sentence
  contain a direct object?
• Did you finish your entire thinking map for the
  P.O.S.?

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Answers to P.O.S. Quiz

• common test, parts of speech, number, students,
  day, map, assignment possessive proper Mrs.
  Moores
• A word that takes the place of a noun. who
  relative, her nominative or possessive
• gerund, participle thinking map, infinitive to
  pass, verbs not behaving like a verb
• Thinking av, present was lv, past knowing
  av,present revealing av, present did hv,
  complete av, past
• Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other
  adverbs while adjectives modify nouns and
  pronouns. They both modify or describe another
  part of speech.
• Adverb and adjective prepositional phrase in the
  number adverb prep. Phrase, and of students
  Adjective Prep. Phrases
• Subordinate , Correlative not only/ but also ,
  Coordinating
• Noun and Pronoun
• No, not unless the sentence has more than one
  clause, and the other verb is an action verb.

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Quiz

• What are the eight parts of speech for which we
  created a thinking map? N, pn, adj, adv,
  v,verbals, conj., prep.
• What are verbals? Verbs not acting like verbs.
  What are the three types of verbals? Inf., Ger.,
  Part. Give an example of each type in a
  sentence. To pass the test, study your map.
  (INF) Testing is not fun. (GER) Testing
  irregularities make tests unfair.
• Write the nouns in this sentence and tell whether
  they are common, proper, or possessive. If you
  study Mrs. Moores thinking map, you will pass
  the test. Mrs. Moores N Poss., map n, test
  n
• What is the verb(s) in the sentence above? Label
  them as action, linking, or helping, and past,
  present or future. Study av, f will, hv, pass,
  av, f
• What type of conjunction is used in the question
  in 3? Name it. What are the names of the other
  two conjunctions? If, subordinate coordinate
  and correlative

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Quiz (100 No Zap)

• Fill in the missing P.O.S. n, __, adj, ___,
  prep, v, ___, ___
• I do not like to catch students cheating. Copy
  the sentence and label the nouns as common,
  proper or possessive. Also label the verb(s) as
  to what kind they are. If you see a verbal
  circle it and tell what kind it is.
• Use the following words in a sentence, make sure
  to create the other two verbals. Neither can
  repeat the same kind of verbal as number two.
  Running, shoes, running, easier, make
• Not only am I tired of giving the P.O.S. quiz,
  but also getting further and further off the unit
  plan. Label the conjunctions as to what kind
  they are.

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We Are

• We are (two special characteristics of the
  p.o.s.) I wonder how a p.o.s. ????? (something
  you are actually curious about) Create a sound
  for it (an imaginary sound) Give it a look (an
  imaginary sight) How does it help the sentence?
  (Make it appear as an actual desire) We are
  (the first line of the poem restated) Use
  another P.O.S. (something it does) It can make
  you feel (a feeling about another P.O.S.) (Make
  it seem to feel a certain way)) project will
  help.)

• (Have it express an emotion) We are (something
  very sad)We are (the first line of the poem
  repeated)We understand (something you know is
  true about the P.O.S.))You should (something
  encouraging about the P.O.S.)With us (something
  you actually use them for)You try (How some
  avoid learning them) We hope (more will desire
  to learn them or that your project will
  help.)We are (the first line of the poem
  repeated) 

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We Are

• We are chaos and perfection depending on you.
• I wonder why others question you

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P.O.S. Poem Choices

• We Are
• How do the P.O.S. create sentences which could be
  called masterpieces?
• What would it be like without the P.O.S.?

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I am from

• I am from_______(an everyday item in your home)
• From______and______(products or everyday items in
  your home)
• I am from the______(description of your home)
• __________(a detail about your home-smell, taste,
  or feel)
• I am from the_________(plant, flower, natural
  item or lack of)
• The____________(plant or tree near your home or
  lack of) whose _____________I remember as if they
  were my own.
• Im from________and_________(a family tradition
  and family trait)
• From_________and__________(family members)
• Im from ________and_______(family habits)
• And from___________________.(a family habit)
• Im from_________and___________(things you were
  told as a child)
• And_____________________(a song or saying you
  learned as a child)
• Im from___________________(a family tradition)
• Im from__________(place of birth) and
  ___________(family ancestry, nationality or
  place)
• ___________________and________________(family
  foods)
• From_______________________(story about a family
  member)
• ____________________________(jdetail about the
  story or person)