Song Review

Song is ...

• a short piece of music, usually with words.

• a short piece of poem.

• a short piece of rhyming poetry.

Social functions of the song are ...

• To entertain the listeners, teach moral value through the lyrics of the songs, express personal feeling and cultural values, and share their emotions with others.

• To teach the listeners to share their emotions with others. So, they can relieve their stress.

• To bring happiness and make the listeners realizing life is important.

The introduction establishes melodic, harmonic, and/or rhythmic related to the main body of the song. It is called ...

The mood of the song whether it is sad, happy, or angry. It is called ...

The figure of speech for "Your words are as sharp as knives."

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

“Sweet seducing sighs” and “Electric eyes are everywhere” are two examples of ... used in Michael Jackson's 1983 song, “Human Nature.”

• hyperbole

• imagery

• verse

• alliteration

“And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while.” These words express ...

• personificatio

• Simile

• hyperbole

• imagery

‘Cause, baby, you're a firework

Come on, show ’em what you‘re worth

Katy’s anthem of self-love is a great example of metaphors. The overarching metaphor is that everyone is a ....

These are the way to analyze the song. Except ...

• Listen to the song

• break up the song

• analyze the lyrics

• analyze the melody

The structure of the song is ...

• Intro - verse - break - bridge - coda

• Intro - verse - chorus of refrain - break - bridge - coda

• Intro - verse - chorus of refrain - bridge - break - coda

• Intro - verse - chorus of refrain - break - coda