Name:Juliana Cássia Müller

Genre: The genre is a music review of a text entitled “twenty one pilots are known to save
lives”

Purpose: The purpose is to evaluate and to give an opinion about the band twenty one
pilots and their albums.

Place of publication: On a website called “The Perry News”. Source:

https://theperrynews.com/twenty-one-pilots-are-known-to-save-lives/

Author: The author is Sierra Pulica

Target audience: Basically, fans of the band and people who are interested in music
and/or want to discover more about twenty one pilots.

Categories of sense relations:

a) Synonyms
I found some synonyms. Examples: though and but on lines 19 and 24; while and during
on lines 60 and 61.

b) Antonyms
I found one pair of antonyms, sadness and happiness, on lines 90 and 94.

c) Meanings of words related to affective meaning

I found some examples of positive and negative meaning. The word religious, on line
22, has neutral meaning, but is used with a negative connotation. The author this term to
explain why she did not loved the first album when she started to listen the band.
Addicted, on line 100, has a negative meaning and is used with a positive connotation.
Sierra uses it to tell that you will love the album Vessel and you will not stop listening.
I found a register that is specific from the band. This register, Blurryface, is on line 111
and refers to a character created by Tyler Joseph, the singer and ukulele and piano
player, that presents his insecurities and his anxiety.

d) Multi-word verbs
I found some phrasal verbs. Examples: made up on line 4; came out on line 8; stand up
on line 129.

e) Collocations
I found some collocations. Examples: take time on line 32; give advice on line 112; give a
chance on line 138 and 139;

Implications of the findings in relation to the genre:

This kind of genre presents many adjectives to evaluate what is being presented. Some
words that have negative meanings can have a positive connotation. For example:
addicted, on line 100. The same can occur with words that have neutral meaning. The
author can use a negative connotation, as in “religious” on line 22.

Implications of teaching sense relations to students of English:

Teaching Sense Relations is a good way to improve the student’s vocabulary. However,
we need to be careful about the text we will choose. Sometimes, it presents words that are
difficult to the reader’s understanding. For example, if I choose a music review about
twenty one pilots, I need to be aware that I will have to select a text that presents the
definition of Blurryface. I would use this music review in a class because I could do
exercises based on the concept Blurryface, so I could ask for the students to find
synonyms and antonyms for the word.