YOU VE GOT A SMILE THAT COULD LIGHT UP THE WHOLE TOWN!

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1 3 - HYPERBOLE. A hyperbole ( hy-per-buh-lee ) is a an exaggeration so dramatic that it is obviously not true. Many singers and songwriters use hyperboles in their music to create a vivid image. Directions: Match the right pairs to create a hyperbole. Reformulate it with your own words. Example: I m so tired I could sleep for a month. > I m really tired and I want to take a long rest. 1- I cried like a baby that his pajamas only have one stripe. 2- Your smile is so bright cookies from a mile away. 3- This store is so busy, I have a million things to do. 4- He is eating so much, I m drowning in my own tears. 5- I ll love you until the stars fall from the sky. 6- I m so sad it s like he is a bottomless pit. 7- Don t bother me. it could light up a room. 8- That guy is so skinny I ll be waiting in line forever. 9- I can smell my mom s during the movie. THE NIGHTS ARE SO LONG I AM GROWING OLDER! YOU VE GOT A SMILE THAT COULD LIGHT UP THE WHOLE TOWN!

2 Directions: Check online for one of your favourite rap song lyrics. Copy out an hyperbole. Explain your choice. Song title: Artist: What does it say? What does it mean? 4 - Read and React! 1. Which text criticizes hip hop music? 2. Which text promotes hip hop music? 3. Highlight 2 arguments in each text!

3 1- EXPLICIT LYRICS!

4 2- Classify! IN FAVOUR IN TWO MINDS AGAINST 1- For anyone to believe that hiphop destroys young people s minds is a fool. Music is a powerful agent when it comes to influencing the brain but it can't go as far to commit crime. I believe a more powerful agent is responsible for all crime and how a person is in general and that is simply the upbringing of the child and how it is raised and what atmosphere it is introduced into. 2- If they are going through tough times Hip Hop and R & B can inspire people to find hope out of a bad situations. An example is if someone's parents dies then they can listen to a song about how to be strong and use their knowledge to make good decisions. 3- Yes, but it depends on how intelligent and vulnerable the person is. I listen too all genres of music, but hip hop in particular is in my top 2. However, by listening to hundreds of songs I notice that at least 60% of the songs are about drugs, sex, and even hate. I also notice in my school life that people get pressured to listen to hip hop music because the "cool kids". I also hear white people saying the n word which is just plain stupid. Hip hop as a whole isn't bad, as some songs provide me inspiration, but the other side of the spectrum unfortunately promotes tensions in the US. 4- Hip Hop started out as a way for people to express themselves. It was an outlet that allowed these guys to get the word out of the way that they lived. We should focus on rap/hip-hop as a tool for expression as much as the way journalists then use pens and papers. 5- Themes of Violence, Sex, And Drug usage is causing teens to get into horrible situations.music on repeat gets ingrained in the mind and takes over mindsets and perspectives which bleed over into decisions.rappers Glamourize how they look on the outside rather than what's on the inside NO WONDER we see what we see out here with our youth "Oh I know! When I grow up I wanna be like those rappers! I wanna be famous! I don't need school! I can make money by talking random bs on the mic! " - says every youngster who posts his rap music on soundcloud. Sure it's their "ambition" but think about this, how many more rappers do you want in this world?

5 Explicit 7/01 Nabil Mathieu Manon Yasmine Nathan Rana Aya Tigida Héline 2 3 The night are so long that I am growing older. Eminem You re never over THE NIGHTS ARE SO LONG I AM GROWING OLDER! Dorian Cassandre Orlane Julie Julie G Cindy Ange Ouassim Sacha Souhaïb 1 Ex. I have eaten so much that my stomach will explode. 2 Marianne s belly is so narrow that it can not give birth to proper rappers. His savings are as in-exhaustive as time YOU VE GOT A SMILE THAT COULD LIGHT UP THE WHOLE TOWN! Elza Christopher Tia Rayan 1 I would fly to the moon and back you d be my baby Savage Garden To the Moon and Back.