Spoken word

My words were alive. They spilled out from my mouth and enveloped the crowded room. Waves of metaphors and stanzas washed over and between the audience, whose heads jutted out over the backs of their blackwood table chairs like coral. As I spoke, I felt that I was no longer myself, but something bolder, fearless and fiercely honest. A vessel possessed by the words I had spent months poring over. Spoken word poetry gave me the courage to express myself. Growing up, I had always been shy and awkward

According to Merriam-Webster, the word memorable means worth remembering. Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones from the short story, “Thank You, M’am,” is an indelible character because of many outstanding personality traits that she possesses. Mrs. Jones’s authority is one personality trait that shows how significant she is for the reader. Moreover, her generosity and ability to understand others exemplify how notable Mrs. Jones is for the readers of the short story. Altogether, it is the combination

Every generation, the young are idealistic and eager for revolution but their elders are more cautious. This story is almost trite because it has been repeated so many times. However, “The Clampdown” by The Clash prevents itself from disappearing into obscurity by focussing on the shift between idealism and cynicism. “The Clampdown” urges the young to avoid becoming complacent; they do this by describing the process by which the young and idealistic end up working for “the man” they once bitterly

It was a time of long hair and stealth window escapes at the midnight hour; a time of skipping class, anti-establishment sentiment spewing forth from my foul, juvenile, remorseless mouth. I was mad at the world on the grounds that I felt as though I had been dealt a lousy hand in this life. In my infinite teenage wisdom, I had convinced myself if I could not everything my way, I would set the world ablaze and watch it burn. Full of aggressive energy, anger was the emotion with which I chose to express

The spoken word poem I chose is called “Explaining my Depression to My Mother” by Sabrina Benaim and, for me at least, it was very emotional and brought me to tears. I myself have dealt with depression for many years, and at my lowest of lows I had to explain to my mother why I can’t just “smile until everything is all better” or “fake it until you make it”. Many people don’t realize just how terrible depression is, it never comes alone either, it brings anxiety and insomnia and loneliness and hopelessness

Our spoken word was about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Before this assignment I did not truly know what Easter was all about, I just presumed that it has been just another irrelevant time of year. Nevertheless, I now see Easter very differently, I recognize how important Easter has actually been to the Roman Catholic Church, and in fact Easter actually is the most important holiday because the resurrection demonstrated that Jesus is the son of God. In many verses in the New Testament have stated

understanding of the relationship Spoken Word and Hip-hop has with one another I needed to research the history of the Hip-hop culture and where it came from. I found that Hip-hop was "founded in the mid 1970's [as] an artistic and cultural movement based on three distinct elements: rapping, breakdancing and graffiti art" (“Beats”). In the 70's Hip Hop artists wrote lyrics that were based off of the realities of urban life in the Bronx. Both Hip Hop and Spoken Word embody a postmodern aesthetic meaning

deceit and lies ensnared the entire cast. Almost every movement of the plot was brought about by the spoken word rather than through an attack. The better a character was at charming a crowd, the more likely they were to come out on top. Each of these reasons contribute to words holding more power than weapons. The spoken word is a very powerful tool in the right hands. People can use the spoken word to manipulate people into doing their bidding. There are many examples of this in the play. The first

Words can hold tremendous sway over intricate idea of oneself and one's worth. The connotation, meaning, and purpose placed behind a word makes them more than a the enunciation, they can form them into a tool or a weapon. The wide ranging empowering and destructive effect of spoken words, in the face of an oppressive society, is explored between the two texts, “The Meanings of a Word”, by Gloria Naylor, and “What’s in a Name?”, by Henry Gates Jr., an exploration that leads to two vastly different

Curriculum Guide for Spoken Language and Word Recognition Supported by Research-Based Practices SPE-359 Characteristics of Learning Disabilities and Strategies to Teach Individuals with LD May 31, 2015 For students, understanding the ways written language represents the way they speak is key to literacy (Bear, D., Invernizzi, M., Templeton, S., & Johnston, F. (2011). Wilson Fundations, better known as “Fundations”, is a K-3 phonological/phonemic awareness, phonics and spelling program for the