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California dreamin By Mamas and Papas. Portillo Yolanda Ms. Galloway English March 2014. Summary. The song is about the speaker misses being in California and he dreams of being safe and warm in LA. Speaker. The speaker’s tone is sad and the song is a little fast. Musicality .
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California dreaminBy Mamas and Papas Portillo Yolanda Ms. Galloway English March 2014
Summary • The song is about the speaker misses being in California and he dreams of being safe and warm in LA.
Speaker • The speaker’s tone is sad and the song is a little fast
Musicality • The instruments used create a calm moody such as the piano ,coustic guitar ,flute and electric guitar.
Theme • Move to another place makes you sad and you make feel why is so important your country for you.
Figurative Language • Hyperbole • Line number 3 all the leaves are brown • The speaker uses hyperbole because not all the leaves are brown.
Figurative Language • Simile • The sky is gray/ line 3 • The speaker is using simile because he is comparing the sky and the color gray he miss being in his country and he say the sky is gray because he is sad.
Figurative Language • Imagery • On lines 9 and 11 I’d be safe and warm if I was in LA
Sound Devices • Rhyme • Lines 17 and 19 • “ I passed along the way” • “And I pretend to pray”
Sound Devices • Repetition • All the song • 1-15 and 27-48 • Example: All the leaves are brown All the leaves are brown
Personal Connection • I choose this song because I am identify with it because I miss living in Mexico and I dream of being one moving to Mexico, I like the lyrics I like how sound the instruments and I choose this song because I heart it on the CA lottery commercial and I like it.