Syntax and pop songs

It's time to look at the lyrics of some of your favorite songs!

1. Think of a few songs you really like - current, classic rock, whatever - as long as there are lyrics!
2. Do an internet search for the lyrics. Choose one song to use.
3. Copy the lyrics into a new post on your blog.
4. Open up this document. Complete the chart based on the lyrics for your song.
5. In the same blog post as the lyrics, write a rhetorical analysis of the song! What are the different rhetorical techniques the song uses? What is their effect on the feel and meaning of the song? Based on this look at the language, what are you now noticing in the song that you might have missed the first time around?
6. When you are done, spend some time reading what songs other people put onto their blogs, and feel free to comment.
7. *Something cool - if you want to insert a YouTube clip of your song into your post, us the little movie clapboard icon - it's right up there two to the right of "link" - that way we can listen to your song while reading what you had to say about it!