Today you mark five more techniques in song, then the annotated anchor-song sheet goes in your Communication Portfolio.
You already know rhythm, beat, repetition and sound effects. Now you add alliteration, assonance, internal rhyme, imagery and symbolism. You will practise on a short original verse first, then mark the same five techniques in the class anchor song.
Five techniques. Same move each time: find the words, name the technique, say what it does to a listener.
| Term | What it means for you | Real example |
|---|---|---|
| Alliteration | Same starting consonant nearby; your ear locks onto the run of sound | cold coffee, cracked cup |
| Assonance | Same vowel sound inside nearby words; the line hums without a full rhyme | go slow, hold the throw |
| Internal rhyme | Rhyme landing inside the line; the beat turns mid-sentence | next stop, then the shops |
| Imagery | Sensory detail you can almost feel; you see or hear the moment | Wet tarmac hissing under heavy rain |
| Symbolism | One concrete thing standing for a bigger idea you work out yourself | An empty seat kept free at the table |
Worked line (not your song): "She walks the wet wall where the water falls. Salt still sticks; a soft song stalls."
This is practice on a short verse written for this lesson. Your Portfolio piece is the anchor-song sheet in the next step.
Work from the class anchor song lyrics you already have (phone, printout or shared class copy). If you do not have them today, use the short verse from the practice step.
Your marks are not saved. When you finish, press Copy for my portfolio and paste them into the sheet below. Then copy the sheet into a new document in your Communication Portfolio folder and save it as m4_l93_song_techniques_p2_<your-initials>.
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