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Ayo here's a list and some advice for new rappers coming up in the game


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, (ah-LIT-er-AY-shon): 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 exageration.
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.

Apostrophe, (uh-POS-troe-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!"

most examples you will find in peoples writtin song's here them in tracks this list should help you to uncover and reconize thos meanings and you should be able to learn from there if you need futher help contact me on illest lyrics but fa now ~peace~

thanks alot never knew about the alliteration. a question , whats the use of the paradox? i mean it doesn tmake sense then why write somethin that doesnt make sense?

it makes alota sense if you you read all of it then put the peices to tha puzzle togater

I use paradoxes all the time. They are ILL

"Money doesn't buy happiness, just things from the store
so The poorest man is the richest, and the rich are poor."

Get it now. Subsist?

i Like That Paradox Line ..
That Was Hot ..
i Gotta Try Usin` Those ..

hmm, "those glasses are plastic" <--- oxymoron or paradox?

Some Good advice !! Will be helpful !