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How can music and music videos

be arguments? What kind of bias

or messages have you heard in music?

Today you will need: journal, writing utensil, techniques sheet and vocab out on your desk.

“Try”-Colbie Caillat

Music Video

As you watch the video I want

you to take notes on bias

within the song itself (lyrics,

instrumentation, etc) and the

music video (camera shots,

angles, message etc).

Respond

• Look over your notes, and answer the following questions– Who is the intended audience? – Does the artist show a bias towards or against

something? What is it?– What argument is the song/video making?– What rhetorical devices exist within the video or

lyrics?

“Where is the love” Black Eyed Peas• Video• As you watch this video, pay

attention to the lyrics and the

presentation within the video

(same thing as for the previous

video).

Respond

• Look over your notes, and answer the following questions– Who is the intended audience? – Does the artist show a bias towards or against

something? What is it?– What argument is the song/video making?– What rhetorical devices exist within the video or

lyrics?

In your journal…

• With your partner, choose one song, and then compare your answers to the questions.

• Write two claims about the song: one about the message presented, and one about the significant technique used.

• Using those two claims, put them together to write a clear, concise and specific thesis about the argument being made and how it was presented.