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Pop Music Mini-Project

Your task is to annotate THREE songs using your

annotation code. You need to mark the examples of
figurative language and sound devices in each song.
After you have annotated, you will answer TWO
questions for each song to analyze what you marked.

Here is a checklist to help you stay on track:

You will choose THREE songs from this list:

7 Years by Lukas Graham
Just the Way You Are by Bruno Mars
Fight Song by Rachel Platten
Firework by Katy Perry

Song #1:

______ Marked at least 4 sound devices

______ Marked at least 4 examples of figurative language correctly

* 7 Years is the exception. You only need 3 marked in

this song.

______ Used the annotation code correctly

Song #2:

______ Marked at least 4 sound devices

______ Marked at least 4 examples of figurative language correctly

______ Used the annotation code correctly

Song #3:

______ Marked at least 4 sound devices

______ Marked at least 4 examples of figurative language correctly

______ Used the annotation code correctly

Analysis Part ONE

Analysis Part TWO

______ Listed 7-8 elements of the authors craft

______ Used complete sentences

______ Listed examples with each element

______ Correct capitalization (start of the

sentence & not in the middle of words)

______ Labeled correctly

______ Correct end punctuation

______ Given thoughtful examples to support

your ideas

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7 Years
Lukas Graham
Once I was seven years old, my mama told me,

Soon we'll be thirty years old, our songs have

"Go make yourself some friends or you'll be

been sold

lonely."

We've traveled around the world and we're

Once I was seven years old

still roaming

Soon we'll be thirty years old

I always had that dream, like m y daddy before

me

I'm still learning about life

So I started writing songs, I started writing

My woman brought children for me

stories

So I can sing them all my songs

Something about that glory just always

And I can tell them stories

seemed to bore me

Most of my boys are with me

'Cause only those I really love will ever really

Some are still out seeking glory

know me

And some I had to leave behind

My brother, I'm still sorry

Once I was twenty years old, my story got told

Before the morning sun, when life was lonely

Soon I'll be sixty years old, my daddy got sixty-

Once I was twenty years old

one

Remember life, and then your life becomes a

I only see my goals, I don't believe in failure

better one

'Cause I know the smallest voices, they can

I made a man so happy when I wrote a letter

make it major

once

I got my boys with me, at least those in favor

I hope my children come and visit once or

And if we don't meet before I leave, I hope I'll

twice a month

see you later

Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the

Once I was twenty years old, my story got told

world is cold

I was writing about everything I saw before

Or will I have a lot of children who can warm

me

me?

Once I was twenty years old

Soon I'll be sixty years old

Name: _________________________________

Fight Song
Rachel Platten

Like a small boat

Losing friends and I'm chasing sleep

On the ocean

Everybody's worried about me

Sending big waves

In too deep

Into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match

Say I'm in too deep (in too deep)

And it's been two years
I miss my home
But there's a fire burning in my bones
Still believe

But I can make an explosion

Yeah, I still believe

And all those things I didn't say

And all those things I didn't say

Wrecking balls inside my brain

Wrecking balls inside my brain

I will scream them loud tonight

I will scream them loud tonight

Can you hear my voice this time?

This is my fight song
Take back my life song

Can you hear my voice this time?

This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm alright song

Prove I'm alright song

My power's turned on

My power's turned on

Starting right now I'll be strong

Starting right now I'll be strong

I'll play my fight song

I'll play my fight song

And I don't really care if nobody else believes

And I don't really care if nobody else believes

'Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me

'Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me

A lot of fight left in me

Name: _________________________________

Just the Way You Are

Bruno Mars

Oh, her eyes, her eyes

Her lips, her lips

Make the stars look like they're not shining

I could kiss them all day if she'd let me

Her hair, her hair

Her laugh, her laugh

Falls perfectly without her trying

She hates but I think it's so sexy

She's so beautiful

She's so beautiful

And I tell her everyday

And I tell her everyday,

I know, I know

Oh You know, you know, you know

When I compliment her she won't believe

I'd never ask you to change

me

If perfect's what you're searching for

And it's so, it's so

Then just stay the same

Sad to think that she don't see what I see

So don't even bother asking if you look okay

But every time she asks me, "Do I look

You know I'll say,

okay?"

I say,

When I see your face

There's not a thing that I would change

When I see your face

'Cause you're amazing

There's not a thing that I would change

Just the way you are

'Cause you're amazing

And when you smile

Just the way you are

The whole world stops and stares for a while

And when you smile

'Cause, girl, you're amazing

The whole world stops and stares for a while

Just the way you are

'Cause, girl, you're amazing

Just the way you are

Name: _________________________________

Firework
Katy Perry

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

You don't have to feel like a wasted space

Drifting through the wind, wanting to start

You're original, cannot be replaced

again?

If you only knew what the future holds

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin

After a hurricane comes a rainbow

Like a house of cards, one blow from caving

in?

Do you ever feel already buried deep six feet
under?
Screams but no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that there's still a chance for

Maybe a reason why all the doors are closed

So you could open one that leads you to the
perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow
And when it's time you'll know

You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine

you

Just own the night like the 4th of July

'Cause there's a spark in you?

'Cause, baby, you're a firework

You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine

Come on, show 'em what you're worth

Just own the night like the 4th of July

Make 'em go, "Aah, aah, aah"

As you shoot across the sky-y-y

'Cause, baby, you're a firework

Come on, show 'em what you're worth

Baby, you're a firework

Make 'em go, "Aah, aah, aah"

Come on, let your colours burst

As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colours burst
Make 'em go, "Aah, aah, aah"
You're gonna leave 'em all in awe, awe, awe

Make 'em go, "Aah, aah, aah"

You're gonna leave 'em all in awe, awe, awe

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It's always been inside of you, you, you
And now it's time to let it through-oo-oo

Name: _________________________________

Analysis - Part One

1. Look at your annotations.
2. List the elements of the authors craft from the song.
3. Label each as a sound device or figurative language.
ex. 1. Youre gonna hear me roar.

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Name: _________________________________

Analysis - Part Two

1. Choose ONE example of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE from the song.
2. Using complete sentences, what does it mean?

ex. 1. Now Im floating like a butterfly


This simile compares the author to a floating butterfly and a stinging bee.



This means that she is now calm and floating through life easily.


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