Song Analyzation

"Legendary Lovers"
By Katy Perry

Katy Perry uses vivid detail to create a specific scene.

Poetic Devices Used:

Assonance-
"I never knew I could see something so clearly looking through my third eye
Never knew karma could be so rewarding and bring me to your life
Maybe this is the beginning of something so magical tonight (oh, oh)"

Alliteration-
"tropical temperature"
"come closer"
"never knew"
"see something so"
"legendary lovers"

Euphony is used a lot throughout the entire song.

Sibilance-
"Maybe this is the beginning of something so magical tonight"
"Underneath the blood orange sun
 Say my name like a scripture"

Throughout this song, there is also end rhyme, internal rhyme, and slant rhyme.
The rhyme scheme for the first three stanzas is the following: AABBCCCADAD

Simile-
"Say my name like a scripture
Keep my heart beating like a drum"

Anaphora-
"I" is repeated throughout the song.
"Never knew" is used multiple times at the beginning of many stanzas.
"Legendary lovers, we could be legendary
Legendary lovers, we should be legendary"
"Go down in history
Go down together, into infinity, forever"

Speaker-female lover
Occasion-possibly looking back on the time spent with her lover; maybe remembering how she    imagined it, similar to a fairy tale; like Romeo and Juliet in her mind
Audience-male lover
Purpose-maybe to remind her lover of what they had
Subject-love
Tone-sweet, passionate, positive, mystical

http://www.lyrics.com/legendary-lovers-lyrics-katy-perry.html



Reading Log:
2/14/14 - Writing Valentine's Day Poem (outside of class): 30 min.
2/20/14 - Reading World History Textbook and Answering Questions: 45 min.
2/22/14 - Annotating Song: 45 min.
Total: 120 min.

Reading Log 2/10/14

Reading Log:
2/3/14 - working on draft: 20 min
2/5/14 - ATD: 45 min.
2/6/14 - ATD: 50 min.
2/10/14 - ATD: 10 min.
Total: 125 min.

Research Paper Rough Draft

     I am confident that my rough draft is plenty long enough, but I am not sure that all of the in-text citations are formatted correctly. My paper also has many facts, but I am unsure if some of the facts are useful in backing up my thesis. Also, even if we are just summarizing information from a source, do we still need to cite it in the text?
     I found that actually writing the draft was fairly easy for me. The research, on the other hand, was slightly more difficult. Originally I had only had primary sources, so I had to find a few reliable secondary sources for my project. I found a great site that had a lot of useful information for the background of my report. It had facts about Hitler, World War I and WW II, The Holocaust, and some events after the Holocaust.

Reading Log:
1/28/14 - working on organizing primary sources for paper - 60 min.
1/29/14 - finding some useful primary sources for my paper - 60 min.
2/1/14 - re-organizing detailed outline to include primary sources - 90 min.
2/2/14 - worked on arranging the facts into paragraph form - 45 min.
2/3/14 - finished typing essay - 120 min.
Total: 375 min.

Sneaux Week Free Post

     While outside looked like a wintery wonderland, I stayed inside. I focused on getting my homework done early and spending the rest of the day relaxing. It was an amazing opportunity to get caught up on sleep, so that I would be well-rested for today and its many assignments. For Spanish, the emergency assignment was to make churros, which I enjoyed a lot. Despite their delicious taste, I did sort of almost burn down the house in the process of making them. Not really, but my mom was kind of freaked out about the fact that they were not home and I was going to be frying something in about two inches of highly flammable oil.
     Anyway, this break was fantastic! The only thing that could have made it any better would have been if the teachers had posted all of their assignments at the beginning of the break. Certain days I felt very productive and was eager to get all of my homework done. Once I checked online, though, I realized that there were no more assignments for that day. Feeling a wave of relief, I further developed my relationship with Netflix as I watched about thirty shows. I slept in late, only to wake up and find that a hundred (I'm exaggerating) more assignments had been posted with time limits! So, I rushed to finish my homework on time, and basically watched Netflix the rest of the day.  :)

NHD Project Explanation

     My NHD project is on the responsibility of the citizens of Germany during the Holocaust when the rights of Jews were taken away. I've learned about how the Jews were mistreated while they were in the concentration camps. Through my research, I have also discovered how the German citizens either supported Hitler and his ways or avoided the topic in general. Even though I understand that the citizens were afraid of what Hitler might do to them, if they all stood up against him together, his reign could have come to an end sooner.
    

In the mid-1900s, many of the Jewish faith, along with others, were persecuted for their appearance and beliefs, and were sent to concentration camps under the reign of Adolf Hitler. Frequently, those who spoke out against him were mistreated as well. Nevertheless, this is not an excuse for the citizens of that time frame to turn a blind eye towards the horrendous events that occurred in the concentration camps. It was, and still is, the responsibility of human beings to speak up for the rights of those being persecuted, despite the consequences.

 

Reading Log:

1/23/14 - Research - 60 min.

1/24/14 - Research - 60 min.

Total: 120 min.

 

Reading Log 1/17/14

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian:
1/13/14 - 60 min.
1/14/14 - 40 min.

Revising Annotated Bibliographies:
1/13/14 - 30 min.

Total: 130 min.

My NHD Topic

My National History Day project is on human rights during WWII. Also, my topic includes specifically how it was the German citizens' duty to speak up for Hitler's prisoners at concentration camps during his reign.

This week, my plan for this project involves searching deeper into nearly all of my sources to just check again for any further bias that could effect my project. I may need to remove and replace one source, but I think I will replace it with a book that my writing fellow recommended to me.

Reading Log:

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian:
1/11/14 - 50 min.
1/12/14 - 60 min.
1/13/14 - 20 min.

Total: 130 min.