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Song Analysis

Song Analysis. Project requirements Performer History Song Lyrical Content. Project Requirements. A brief (5-8 slide) PowerPoint presentation will be used for your final project Due: Monday , September 16th The song you choose must be school-appropriate

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Song Analysis

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  1. Song Analysis Project requirements Performer History Song Lyrical Content

  2. Project Requirements • A brief (5-8 slide) PowerPoint presentation will be used for your final project • Due: Monday, September 16th • The song you choose must be school-appropriate • References, language, images must be age-appropriate • Inappropriate references will disqualify your choice • Once your choice is approved, don’t change it • Submit song title for final approval • Turn in title, lyrics printout so I can read, digital is ok • Due Monday/Tuesday, September 9/10 , 2013 • Graphics in your presentation are highly encouraged • Pictures, representations, etc.

  3. Performer History • Include a brief background of the performer(s) • Include time period of performer(s) • Include pertinent/cogent information which makes this group/performer noteworthy • Include graphics, pictures, etc. • You are allowed to play sound clips, the song itself (you bring it – cd/iPod/phone (only for this occasion)) from different songs from this performer(s)

  4. Song • Include song lyrics • Include the song • Either as a sound clip or play it for us • Be prepared to discuss and explain the following: • Why did you choose this song? • What about it makes it unique? • Does this song say something about you or your life? • Does this song have special emotional value? • Do you think this song has universal appeal? • Of the following, which do you think dominates this song and why: • Ethos (credibility or ethical appeal) • Pathos (emotional appeal) • Logos (logical appeal)

  5. Lyrical Content Does the song contain the following: • Imagery • Images that are constructed through words: visual, auditory, tactile, sensory (five senses) • Figurative Language: • simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, oxymoron, idiom • Rhyming • Is there a rhyming scheme; does it follow a pattern • Alliteration • Repetition of consonants at the beg of each word - And sings a single solitary song • Assonance • Repetition of vowel sounds - Hear the mellow wedding bells • Consonance • Repetition of consonant sounds - dark deep dread crept in • Mood • How this selection makes you react/feel; reaction of the reader (you) to selection/song • Tone • The emotional attitude poet/artist has towards his subject • Allusion • References to something in the past – person, place, event Your responses to this will be formatted as follows: Imagery: “the line from your which song which contains imagery” Explanation of why/how it was used

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