Introducing #PopRhetoric!
In this space we will:
- introduce different rhetorical devices each week
- ask you for your favorite song lyrics that illustrate them
In this space we will:
- introduce different rhetorical devices each week
- ask you for your favorite song lyrics that illustrate them
We'll start with a classic.
Alliteration: the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
An example:
"Little old lady got mutilated late last night"
— Warren Zevon, "Werewolves of London"
Send us your faves with #PopRhetoric!
Alliteration: the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
An example:
"Little old lady got mutilated late last night"
— Warren Zevon, "Werewolves of London"
Send us your faves with #PopRhetoric!
This week's #PopRhetoric:
Anaphora: repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses
What are your favorite examples from song lyrics?
Anaphora: repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses
What are your favorite examples from song lyrics?
Another classic for #PopRhetoric:
Metaphor - a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar
"I am a rock
I am an island"
— Simon and Garfunkel
What's your favorite example?
Metaphor - a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar
"I am a rock
I am an island"
— Simon and Garfunkel
What's your favorite example?
This week's #PopRhetoric:
'Zeugma': the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words usually in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense
"You held your breath and the door for me."
— Alanis Morissette, "Head Over Feet"
What's your fave lyrical example?
'Zeugma': the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words usually in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense
"You held your breath and the door for me."
— Alanis Morissette, "Head Over Feet"
What's your fave lyrical example?
Next in #PopRhetoric:
'Chiasmus': an inverted relationship between the syntactic elements of parallel phrases
E.g.
"Working hard or hardly working?"
or
"With my mind on my money and my money on my mind"
— Snoop Dogg, "Gin and Juice"
What's your favorite example from a song?
'Chiasmus': an inverted relationship between the syntactic elements of parallel phrases
E.g.
"Working hard or hardly working?"
or
"With my mind on my money and my money on my mind"
— Snoop Dogg, "Gin and Juice"
What's your favorite example from a song?
Another #PopRhetoric classic:
Simile: a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
What are your favorite similes in song lyrics?
Simile: a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by 'like' or 'as'
What are your favorite similes in song lyrics?
Just a few of our favorite #PopRhetoric examples you've sent in:
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New #PopRhetoric!
Epistrophe: repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases
"Sleeping in late like I used to
Crossing my fingers like I used to
Waiting inside like I used to
Avoiding big crowds like I used to"
— Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen
Your turn!
Epistrophe: repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases
"Sleeping in late like I used to
Crossing my fingers like I used to
Waiting inside like I used to
Avoiding big crowds like I used to"
— Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen
Your turn!
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