Book of Rhymes

Author: Adam Bradley
Publisher: Civitas Books
ISBN: 0465094414
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
If asked to list the greatest innovators of modern American poetry, few of us would think to include Jay-Z or Eminem in their number. And yet hip hop is the source of some of the most exciting developments in verse today. The media uproar in response to its controversial lyrical content has obscured hip hop's revolution of poetic craft and experience: Only in rap music can the beat of a song render poetic meter audible, allowing an MC's wordplay to move a club-full of eager listeners. Examining rap history's most memorable lyricists and their inimitable techniques, literary scholar Adam Bradley argues that we must understand rap as poetry or miss the vanguard of poetry today. Book of Rhymes explores America's least understood poets, unpacking their surprisingly complex craft, and according rap poetry the respect it deserves.

English Picture Dictionary

Author: Catherine Bruzzone
Publisher: Gohar Publishers
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 20

Book Description

My first French rhymes

Author: Opal Dunn
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
ISBN: 9780812084023
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20

Book Description
An illustrated collection of twenty-five traditional French nursery rhymes including a section explaining some common phrases and giving background information on the rhymes and how to use them in games.

Mots D'Heures

Author: Luis D'Antin Van Rooten
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007324693
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 84

Book Description
The rhymes of your childhood - and your children's childhood - sound even better (and much funnier) in the accents of Moliere and Sarkozy. Once you get the point of these delectable j'aime se from the works of Mere L'Oie, you will find yourself reading them aloud to anyone who will listen.

The Night Before Preschool

Author: Natasha Wing
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101636645
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
It's the night before preschool, and a little boy named Billy is so nervous he can't fall asleep. The friends he makes the next day at school give him a reason not to sleep the next night, either: he's too excited about going back! The book's simple rhyming text and sweet illustrations will soothe any child's fears about the first day of school.

Life is a Dream

Author: Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Publisher: CONVIVIVM
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 83

Book Description
"Life is a Dream," a work by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, is centered on issues of freedom and predestination. The play unfolds around Segismundo, Prince of Poland, imprisoned since birth by his father, King Basilio, due to a prophecy predicting the ruin of the kingdom under his rule. When Basilio decides to test fate by releasing Segismundo, the plot explores the consequences of this decision. The narrative addresses Segismundo's internal struggle with his destiny and the nature of reality, questioning whether life is a dream from which one can awaken. Other characters, such as Rosaura and Astolfo, weave subplots that interconnect personal desires and social duties, reflecting on justice, honor, and love. Set in a context that blends elements of drama, philosophy, and politics, the play investigates the complexity of the human condition, the ethics of leadership, and the power of repentance and personal transformation. With a structure that includes intrigue, plot twists, and reflections on being and seeming, "Life is a Dream" invites the audience to ponder freedom and determinism.

The Complete French Grammar Course

Author: Dylane Moreau
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376

Book Description
Learn the French grammar with this easy French textbook full of examples and exercises! This course is divided into 7 chapters and includes 200 exercises and free video lessons for each point. The method is simple: start from a simple sentence and add slowly more elements to it. Then practice after each new element with one or more exercises.

Jokes and the Linguistic Mind

Author: Debra Aarons
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136709320
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 282

Book Description
Through the lens of cognitive science, Jokes and the Linguistic Mind investigates jokes that play on some aspect of the structure and function of language. In so doing, Debra Aarons shows that these 'linguistic jokes' can evoke our tacit knowledge of the language we use. Analyzing hilarious examples from movies, plays and books, Jokes and the Linguistic Mind demonstrates that tacit linguistic knowledge must become conscious for linguistic jokes to be understood. The book examines jokes that exploit pragmatic, semantic, morphological, phonological and semantic features of language, as well as jokes that use more than one language and jokes that are about language itself. With its use of jokes as data and its highly accessible explanations of complex linguistic concepts, this book is an engaging supplementary text for introductory courses in linguistics, psycholinguistics and cognitive science.

Un, Deux, Trois

Author: Opal Dunn
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
ISBN: 9780711210714
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book/cassette pack encourages children to imitate sounds they hear in order to develop a good French accent, and absorb the fluency of the language. A wide range of rhymes, from the countryside to the market place, are featured. Opal Dunn is the author of Mr Bear's Book of Rhymes.

Un, Deux, Trois! Upper Juniors Years 5-6

Author: Eileen Jones
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1909102431
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 83

Book Description
This is an essential resource for the non-specialist who needs extra guidance and accessible material. It will ensure that children of all levels of ability have the opportunities to both enjoy and achieve in their language learning. It will support the teacher, whatever their level of linguistic competence in French, to teach with confidence. The book will meet the pressing needs of non-specialist KS2 teachers, who are new to teaching French, with an accessible and manageable format. It will work on oracy and literacy skills making the teaching and learning of French enjoyable. It will also provide an exciting insight into France's culture to meet the requirement of intercultural understanding. This book for Upper Juniors (Years 5-6) builds on the teaching of Book 1 (Un, deux, trois! - Lower Juniors) and continues to address three fundamental strands of language teaching: oracy, literacy and intercultural understanding. 48 fully-planned and resourced lesson. Extension activities.