Poetic Literary Devices

Ms. Ibsen English Poetic Literary Devices:

Literary Devices are like highlighters. They draw your eye or ear to a certain moment of a song, poem, or narrative (story). 1. Highlight and label one example of each literary device in the Tupac song “Changes”. 2. Create an example of each for your own story.

Common Literary Description: Example: Devices Onomatopoeia When a word actually sounds Our friends, Snap, Crackle, and Pop, are all examples. like the sound it is describing. We gotta make a change... AlliterationI see no changes wake upA phrasein the morning with a andstring I ask of myself FiveIt's ftimereaky for f emalesus as a peoplefinding to sales start makin'at retail. some is life worth living should I blast myself? changes. I'm tired of bein' poor & evenwords worse that I'mall blackbegin with the Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way my stomach hurts so I'msame lookin' sound. for a purse to snatch we live and let's change the way we treat each other. MetaphorCops give a damn aboutA a comparisonnegro between two or JulietYou issee the the Sun old .way wasn't working so it's on us to pull the trigger kill a morehe's a thingshero that does not use do what we gotta do, to survive. Give the crack to the kidsthe who words the hell like cares or as. one less hungry mouth on the welfare And still I see no changes can't a brother get a little SimileFirst ship 'em dope & let A'em comparison deal the brothers between two or I movepeace fast like a cheetah on the Serengeti. give 'em guns step back morewatch things'em kill using each otherthe words It's war on the streets & the war in the Middle East It's time to fight back that's what Huey said Instead of war on poverty they got a war on drugs 2 shots in the dark now Huey'slike or deadas. so the police can bother me HyperboleI got love for my brother Anbut exaggerationwe can never go nowhere It wasAnd I1,000,000 ain't never degreesdid a crime out I ain'ttoday! have to do unless we share with each other But now I'm back with the facts givin' it back to you PersonificationWe gotta start makin' changesGiving an animal or an object TheDon't Desert let 'em missed jack you the up, rain. back you up, learn to see me as a brotherhuman-like instead ofcharacteristic. 2 distant strangers crack you up and pimp smack you up and that's how it's supposed to be You gotta learn to hold ya own SymbolHow can the Devil take aAn brother object if he'sthat closestands to me?for an In theyTupac’s get jealous song “Me when and they my see girlfriend,” ya with ya the mobile ‘girlfriend ’ I'd love to go back to whenidea. we played as kids referencedphone is actually his gun. but things changed, and that's the way it is But tell the cops they can't touch this I don't trust this when they try to rush I bust this Chorus That's the sound of my tool you say it ain't cool my mama didn't raise no fool I see no changes all I see is racist faces And as long as I stay black I gotta stay strapped misplaced hate makes disgrace to races & I never get to lay back We under I wonder what it takes to make this 'Cause I always got to worry 'bout the pay backs one better place, let's erase the wasted some punk that I roughed up way back Take the evil out the people they'll be acting right comin' back after all these years 'cause both black and white is smokin' crack tonight rat-tat-tat-tat-tat that's the way it is uhh and only time we chill is when we kill each other it takes skill to be real, time to heal each other Some things will never change And although it seems heaven sent We ain't ready, to see a black President, uhh It ain't a secret don't conceal the fact the penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks But some things will never change try to show another way but you stayin' in the dope game Now tell me what's a mother to do Ms. Ibsen English bein' real don't appeal to the brother in you You gotta operate the easy way "I made a G today" But you made it in a sleazy way sellin' crack to the kid. " I gotta get paid," Well hey, well that's the way it is