HOW TO MAKE YOUR WORDS WORK

(6 weeks)

This course is $30.00 January 13, 1999 to February 17, 1999

WEEK 1 APPLYING THE TOP-TEN PRINCIPLES TO AVOID THE PITFALLS

Simplicity Clarity
Compression Emphasis Consistency

WEEK 2 APPLYING THE TOP-TEN PRINCIPLES TO AVOID THE PITFALLS

Coherence Specificity
Repetition Unity Genuine Feeling

WEEK 3 FIGURING OUT FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Synecdoche and its subtypes
Metonymy and its subtypes
The Symbolic Lyric: An Expanded Form of Metonymy
Irony and its subtypes: The Pun
Metaphor and its subtypes: Simile and Metaphor, Personification, Apostrophe

WEEK 4 FIGURING OUT FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Ten Guidelines to the Successful Use of Simile/Metaphor

WEEK 5 YOU GOT RHYTHM

Rhythm, Meter, Prosody, Scansion, Prosodic Symbols
Counting Feet, The Limerick
Theme and Variation
Rhythmic Contrast
Laminate Words and Music

WEEK 6 A RUNDOWN OF RHYME

Major Accent Rhymes
Minor Accent Rhymes
Top-of-the-Line Rhymes
Near Rhyme: Substitutes For Perfect Rhyme
Design a Rhyme Scheme That Surprises
Rhyme For A Reason
Rhyme theory and Song Forms
Keep Your Character In Character
Make Your Words Sing