Chance The Rapper Rhetorical Analysis

The ‘us’ and ‘them’ mentality is revealed again. Refer to each other through their dialogue as “cuz” and “brother”. Immediate kinship expressed through colloquial language. Diegetic sound comes from the radio as the lyrics “I wish I was back in the Dreamtime” filter out.

The artist chooses an upbeat and happy tempo that repeats throughout the song. He chooses this repeating tempo to draw the listener’s attention to the lyrics of the song. The slow, yet happy tempo paired with the artists bright and cheery voice creates a sense of ease and happiness within the song itself, and the audience.

Lastly, Jackson uses repetition in the song and it is used to encourage us to make a change in the world. Repetition is used in poetry for phrases to repeat and to voice the poet’s beliefs. Jackson is emphasizing with his repetition, by saying that we cannot count on anybody to make a difference; we have to swallow our pride and make the first move in enhancing the world. Phrases like “make that change” (88) and “man in the mirror” (91) is repeated constantly to have the memo embedded in our brains to start with ourselves before helping the

There are many examples of both rhyme and slant rhyme, such as the rhyme “bank” and “tank,” “sound” and “town,” and “famous” and “nameless.” Repetition is present in the song such as when Slick repeats twice “and I should have” and “Lather was thirty years old today.” The song itself is also spoken in a somewhat condescending way, to convey the simple-minded theme. “but wait, oh Lather's productive you know,” “mountains that look like bumps,” and “his very own tank” display this child-like

This postcard builds suspense in the reader’s mind. Alex saying that this adventure could kill him makes the reader interested in finding out more. “If this adventure proves fatal and you don’t ever hear from me again I want you to know you’re a great man.” (Krakauer 3).

“I find it very, very easy to be true, I find myself alone when each day is through.” These lines in the second verse again reiterate the idea of devotion. They even further the idea by saying how Cash finds himself alone at night when he touring, and not with another. Staying true to ones lover means not going awry, and not cheating on this. So Cash uses this for a lyric in this stanza, and adds in that he himself finds doing so to be “very, very easy.” This of course will prove to be ironic later in his career (Cash).

Many people wish they can drop everything important to them and isolate themselves from society; very few people will even attempt this, but Chris McCandless breaks societal norms to accomplish this goal. In Into the Wild, John Krakauer tells the story of this young man’s life to inspire the audience to chase their dreams through the use of logos, involved sentence, and anecdotes.

Rascal Flatts’ “My Wish” displays examples of pathos, ethos, and logos. The emotions shown in the song are a lot of encouragement and unconditional love. It is not a story, but more of words of encouragement to a child from their parent, or even someone who is just out of relationship, but still really cares about the other person. Life can and will at some point be challenging, but he wants his kids to know that no matter what, they will always have someone that loves them. He wants the best for his kids and he wants life for them to be all that they want it to be. He encourages them to keep and strive for their dreams, while keeping their worries small. He also gives advice to “always forgive, and you never regret,” “help somebody every chance

As for the melody of the song, most of the verses ends up falling within the same pitch but ends up rising in pitch near the last few words through a combination of melodic steps in the beginning and leaps by the end. The melodic shape of the verse helps to emphasize a nostalgic mood by representing how the singer ends up becoming happier as he remembers the past that he loves. During the middle-8, the lines begin higher but end up lowering near the end. The melodic shape of the middle-8 helps to bring the mood back from being in love (higher pitches) to being realistic (lower pitches). The guitar riff also moves upward in steps and leaps. The instrumental guitar riff also has a very similar rhythmic pattern as the middle-8. The overall meter, melody, and rhythm help to convey a sense of authenticity in its emotions towards life and his lover through the presence of a constant pitch that subtly rises with emotions of nostalgia or

The lyric “Never Switch Sides” means that your friends won’t change sides and will always be on your

What does Paris by The Chainsmokers, Say Something  by A Great Big World, and Here Comes Goodbye by Rascal Flatts all have in common? They are break-up songs. Each in their own way, all of these songs are about pain and sadness caused by break-ups.Some of these songs are meant to cause an already sad person to cope with their sadness by pushing them farther into “The Abyss”. A few are meant to touch on the happier memories of the relationship giving someone hope that they will love again. All of these songs, through their lyrics, structure, and rhythm, are all meant to cope with a person's sadness that results from a break-up.

A few lines that empaphasize this in the two songs is “I’ve got your memory, or has it got me” (line 15) from “She’s got you” and “You want her, you need her/ and I’ll never be her” (81-82) in “I hate you, I love you”. It’s about missing someone. That’s the main idea throughout both of these songs. The lyrics said just earlier are probably the largest idea behind what it was saying that part finally gets the word across. The rest of the song are just little hints to what the song is talking about. An example of this is “The only thing different, the only thing new/ I’ve got the records, she’s got you” (7-8) in the song by Patsy Cline. An example of this in the other song is “It hurts me every time I see you/ realize how much I need you”. They are explaining it in different ways but it still has the same idea behind

Literary Device #1 In the song “SAME LOVE” a key literary device that was used was Personification, “Love is kind, Love is patient, Love is kind.” The writer of the song is giving human qualities and emotions to a non living thing. He is trying to associate a non living thing with human qualities, and although love cannot really be kind, he is trying to give the listener a rough idea of what love is.

The song starts with repetition which acts as the chorus. The lyrics go on as a narrative of Brenda's story. The song narrates the story of a twelve-year old girl who had a baby. The narrator which is 2Pac lets us know this fact from the start and then goes on to tell the listeners how Brenda ended up in this situation. Brenda grew up in a family in which her parents were more worried about narcotics than her, and she never thought that she could do better. She was seduced by a cousin, got pregnant and maintained to hide her pregnancy until she had the baby. 2Pac plays with language in the song, using figurative speech and irony. One example of figurative speech is “barely got a brain” used to show that Brenda is only a child, lacking education and the experience of interpretation. Another example is “went in debt to his arms” displaying the hazardous effects of drug use. The “church of kids” is an exaggeration, used to show the carelessness of Brenda’s parents to her pregnancy. When it comes to irony, 2Pac uses it to describe Brenda’s innocence and her sad story. Rhythm is given by the way the 2Pac chose to stress specific words, according to the message of the song. For example, "She's twelve years old and she's havin' a

Throughout “say you won't let go” by the artist James Arthur, He writes about his love for his girlfriend. He never wants to say goodbye to her and their relationship. In the first stanza the artist states “I met you in the dark you lit me up/ you made me as though I was enough.” (Lines 1-2) The artist is expressing how she came into his life and made him happy again. She makes him feel good about himself and makes him the person he knows he can be. In say you won’t let go he is expressing the love and compassion towards his girlfriend. In line 17 he states “ but I wanna live with you until we're grey and old” he is expressing that he only wants her and never wants anything to happen to their relationship. I connect with this song because