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Music and Lyrics

Music and Lyrics . Objective: to practice using linguistic and literary frameworks . Spot the techniques using the frameworks. Why do you think they are used?.

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Music and Lyrics

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  1. Music and Lyrics Objective: to practice using linguistic and literary frameworks

  2. Spot the techniques using the frameworks. Why do you think they are used? Shine bright like a diamondShine bright like a diamondFind light in the beautiful seaI choose to be happyYou and I, you and IWe’re like diamonds in the skyYou’re a shooting star I seeA vision of ecstasyWhen you hold me, I’m aliveWe’re like diamonds in the skyI knew that we’d become one right awayOh, right awayAt first sight I left the energy of sun raysI saw the life inside your eyes

  3. An analysis Shine bright like a diamondShine bright like a diamondFind light in the beautiful seaI choose to be happyYou and I, you and IWe’re like diamonds in the skyYou’re a shooting star I seeA vision of ecstasyWhen you hold me, I’m aliveWe’re like diamonds in the sky

  4. Questions • Find an example of an elliptical sentence from a song by Drake. Explain why you think it is used. • Find an explain one metaphor used in Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’. Explain why you think it is used. • What kind of abstract nouns are commonly found in pop songs? List three. Explain why you think they are always used. • Find three pre-modifying adjectives used to describe women in hip hop? Explain why you think they are used. • Find three dynamic verbs from any song by Taylor Swift. Explain why you think they are used. • What phonological features do songs often have in common with poetry?

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