Rap 101

[JMG]

Chapter 1

Rhyme Types

masculine: a rhyme in which the stress is on the final syllable of the words. (rhyme, sublime, crime)

feminine: a rhyme in which the stress is on the penultimate (second from last) syllable of the words. (picky, tricky, sticky)

dactylic: a rhyme in which the stress is on the antepenultimate (third from last) syllable ('cacophonies", "Aristophanes")

In the general sense, "rhyme" can refer to various kinds of phonetic similarity between words, and to the use of such similar-sounding words in organizing verse. Rhymes in this general sense are classified according to the degree and manner of the phonetic similarity:


imperfect: a rhyme between a stressed and an unstressed syllable. (wing, caring)

semirhyme: a rhyme with an extra syllable on one word. (bend, ending)

oblique (or slant): a rhyme with an imperfect match in sound. (green, fiend)

consonance: matching consonants. (her, dark)

half rhyme (or sprung rhyme) is consonance on the final consonants of the words involved

assonance: matching vowels. (shake, hate)

If it extends all the way to the beginning of the line, so that we have two lines that sound identical, then it is called "holorhyme" ("For I scream/For ice cream").
When a word at the end of the line rhymes within a word in the interior of the line, it is called an internal rhyme.
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Tips
To successfully deliver a nicely flowing rap, a rapper must also develop vocal presence, enunciation, and breath control. Vocal presence is the distinctiveness of a rapper's voice on record. Enunciation is essential to a flowing rap; some rappers choose also to exaggerate it for comic and artistic effect. Breath control, taking in air without interrupting one's delivery, is an important skill for a rapper to master, and a must for any MC. An MC with poor breath control can't deliver difficult verses without making unintentional pauses.

Consonance is a stylistic device, often used in poetry. Repetition of two or more consonants but has different vowels, for example, the "i" and "a" followed by the "tter" sound in "pitter patter" Alliteration differs from consonance insofar as alliteration requires the repeated consonant sound to be at the beginning of each word, where in consonance it is anywhere within the word, although often at the end. In half rhyme, the terminal consonant sound is repeated. A special species of consonance is using a series of sibilant sounds (/s/ and /sh/ for example); this is sometimes known simply as sibilance.

Metarphors
is defined as an indirect comparison between two or more seemingly unrelated subjects that typically uses "is a" to join the first subjects for example: "The moon is a ghostly galleon". A metaphor is commonly confused with a simile, which compares two subjects using "like" or "as". An example of a simile: "Her hair looked like a dish mop." In the simplest case, a metaphor takes the form: "The [first subject] is a [second subject]." More generally, a metaphor casts a first subject as being or equal to a second subject in some way. Thus, the first subject can be economically described because implicit and explicit attributes from the second subject are used to enhance the description of the first. This device is known for usage in literature, especially in poetry, where with few words, emotions and associations from one context are associated with objects and entities in a different context.

An extended metaphor, or conceit, sets up a principal subject with several subsidiary subjects or comparisons. Shakespeare's extended metaphor in his play As you like it is a good example ("All the world's a stage / and all the men and women merely players: / They have their exits and their entrances; / And one man in his time plays many parts, / His acts being seven ages." ). First, the world is construed as a stage; and then men and women are introduced as subsidiary subjects that are further elaborated by the theater metaphor.

A mixed metaphor is one that leaps, in the course of a figure, to a second identification inconsistent with the first one. Example: "He stepped up to the plate and grabbed the bull by the horns," where two commonly used metaphors are confused to create a nonsensical image.

A dead metaphor is one in which the sense of a transferred image is not present. Example: "to grasp a concept" or "together you've understood." Both of these phrases use a physical action as a metaphor for understanding (itself a metaphor), but in none of these cases do most speakers of English actually visualize the physical action. Dead metaphors, by definition, normally go unnoticed. Some people make a distinction between a "dead metaphor" whose origin most speakers are entirely unaware of (such as "to understand" meaning to stand underneath a concept), and a dormant metaphor, whose metaphorical character people are aware of but rarely think about (such as "to break the ice"). Others, however, use dead metaphor for both of these concepts, and use it more generally as a way of describing metaphorical clich

[ShadyGD26]

nice dude...propz...its good advice for people wanting to record their own shyt

[IceAxe]

Before reading this i didnt know what the hell a Pataphor was... now I do.

propz

[Kojack]

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P.S. i'll tell nobody your Secret

[Tash8]

Y'all so wack and need readin' this to Rap

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P.S. i'll tell nobody your Secret

you should read this, it explains how your wack, since every rapper uses these.

[JMG]

so kojack ur sayin all the rhyme types are suppose to pop in our head and were automatically suppose to no what a pataphor is, stfu u piece of shit u dont no shit about anything u dumbfuck

[C-Game]

good post mate....

[James R.]

Kojack, you're a fuck up. Nice post Jm

[Ka0t1c]

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[sixersi349]

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