Top 20 Figure of Speeches

Lyrics in Songwriting Example: n/a
Songwriting Tools: Link to literary tools (aka songwriting and lyrics tools)

Thanks to Richard Nordquist at about.com, here is a link to the Top 20 Figures of Speech (aka useful songwriting and lyric tools).

Richard Nordquist: Top 20 Figure of Speeches
http://grammar.about.com/od/rhetoricstyle/a/20figures.htm

Richard Nordquist, Ph.D. in English and rhetoric, is a professor of English and the author of two grammar and composition textbooks for college freshmen, Writing Exercises and Passages: A Writer's Guide.

Passages: A Writer's Guide


Passages: A beginning writer's guide
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Lyric and Songwriting Links

Lyrics in Songwriting Example: n/a
Songwriting Tools: Lyrics and Songwriting Links

Since I started this blog, I've been surfing the net looking for credible, well-informed songwriting and lyric websites to link to. Unfortunately I stumbled upon many sites that offered sub-par information and/or were just trying to make a quick sale. Luckily today, however, I came across some sites that offer some interesting and informative articles on songwriting -- particularly by Mary Dawson, Ken Hill and Paul Zollo. See links below.

Mary Dawson: Advice for the Independent Songwriter
http://www.musesmuse.com/marydawson.html

Articles by both Mary Dawson and Ken Hill
http://www.lyricalline.com/articles/index.html

Songwriting Tips: Ken Hill
http://www.lyricalline.com/articles/21songwritingtips.html

FAQs answered by Paul Zollo
http://www.lyricalline.com/songwriters/


Given the expertise and robustness of the above links, you may want to check out these books:

Songwriters On Songwriting: Revised And Expanded


How to Get Somewhere in the Music Business: From Nowhere with Nothing