Song Analysis

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Song Analysis

• The Assignment
• Analysis as Argument
• Using Sources

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Song Analysis

• 500-600 Words
• Include Copy of Lyrics
• Intro, Body, Conclusion
• Lyrics as Evidence
• Not Biographical
• Songs Meaning

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Analysis as Argument

• Breaking Down into Parts
• Interpretation
• Meaning of Song
• Lyrics as Evidence
• Point of View
• Theme

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Using Sources

• Direct Quotation
• Paraphrase
• Summary
• Punctuation

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Direct Quotes

• Shaw sings Ten thousand men to Logan marched.
• Shaw tells us that ten thousand men to Logan
  marched.
• Ten thousand men to Logan marched, Shaw said.

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Summary

• Shaw sang about the Logan march.

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Paraphrase

• Shaw sang about ten thousand men who marched to
  Logan, West Virginia.

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Punctuation

• Shaw sings Ten thousand men to Logan
  marched/Miners and their wives.
• Shaw tells us that ten thousand men to Logan
  marched . . . and their wives.
• Indent over three lines omit .

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Organization

• Introduction Claim
• Body 4 to 5 examples from the lyrics
• Conclusion Summary