Once in a Lifetime: Understanding the Lyrics

Once in a Lifetime: Understanding the Lyrics

Assessment

Interactive Video

Arts, Performing Arts, Fun

6th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Mia Campbell

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The transcript explores themes of mystery, reflection, and breaking rules, with repeated phrases emphasizing moments of significance. It uses imagery of light and mirrors to convey introspection and the search for meaning, culminating in a series of repeated calls for attention and understanding.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What phrase is repeated at the beginning of the song to set the tone?

Go... Go... Go... Go...

Breaking all the rules

Once in a lifetime

Give me a shout in the night

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main theme introduced after the repetitive opening?

Breaking the rules

Once in a lifetime

Mysterious moments

Finding a lifeline

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the singer aim to achieve in the section about finding home?

To break in these bones

To find a throne

To find our way home

To suffer the fools

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the section about breaking rules, what does the singer realize about home?

It is a place of mystery

It has long been a throne

It is a place to break rules

It is a place of suffering

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the singer request in the night during the self-reflection section?

A moment of silence

A shout in the night

A reflection in the mirror

A mysterious encounter

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the singer see in the mirror during the self-reflection?

A mysterious figure

A reflection of light

A reflection of themselves

A reflection of power

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What feeling does the singer express in the final section?

Gaining power

Breaking free

Finding clarity

Losing the fight

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the singer seeking in the night according to the final section?

A moment of peace

A shout in the night

A reflection of themselves

A mysterious figure

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the singer repeatedly ask for throughout the song?

A moment

A mysterious encounter

A shout in the night

A lifeline