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    The student chose to analyze the song "Fireflies" by Owl City. They highlighted 5 examples of figurative language in the song lyrics: 1) "Cause I’d get a thousand hugs" is a hyperbole. 2) "As they tried to teach me how to dance" is personification. 3) "I feel like an insomniac" is a simile. 4) "A sock hop beneath my bed" is personification. 5) "'Cause they'd fill the open air" is personification and hyperbole. The student underlined diction that helps understand the tone as lonely and dreamy, and italicized diction that helps understand the mood as imaginative and hopeful. In conclusion

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    The student chose to analyze the song "Fireflies" by Owl City. They highlighted 5 examples of figurative language in the song lyrics: 1) "Cause I’d get a thousand hugs" is a hyperbole. 2) "As they tried to teach me how to dance" is personification. 3) "I feel like an insomniac" is a simile. 4) "A sock hop beneath my bed" is personification. 5) "'Cause they'd fill the open air" is personification and hyperbole. The student underlined diction that helps understand the tone as lonely and dreamy, and italicized diction that helps understand the mood as imaginative and hopeful. In conclusion

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    The student chose to analyze the song "Fireflies" by Owl City. They highlighted 5 examples of figurative language in the song lyrics: 1) "Cause I’d get a thousand hugs" is a hyperbole. 2) "As they tried to teach me how to dance" is personification. 3) "I feel like an insomniac" is a simile. 4) "A sock hop beneath my bed" is personification. 5) "'Cause they'd fill the open air" is personification and hyperbole. The student underlined diction that helps understand the tone as lonely and dreamy, and italicized diction that helps understand the mood as imaginative and hopeful. In conclusion

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    Song Lyrics and Poetry: Student Choice

    1. Pick a song that you would like to analyze.


    Fireflies by Owl City

    2. Paste the song lyrics into the box below:

    "Fireflies"
    You would not believe your eyes
    If ten million fireflies
    Lit up the world as I fell asleep
    'Cause they'd fill the open air
    And leave tear drops everywhere
    You'd think me rude
    But I would just stand and stare
    I'd like to make myself believe
    That planet Earth turns slowly
    It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
    'Cause everything is never as it seems
    'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs
    From ten thousand lightning bugs
    As they tried to teach me how to dance
    A foxtrot above my head
    A sock hop beneath my bed
    The disco ball is just hanging by a thread
    (Thread, thread...)
    I'd like to make myself believe
    That planet Earth turns slowly
    It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
    'Cause everything is never as it seems
    (When I fall asleep)
    Leave my door open just a crack
    (Please take me away from here)
    'Cause I feel like such an insomniac
    (Please take me away from here)
    Why do I tire of counting sheep?
    (Please take me away from here)
    When I'm far too tired to fall asleep
    (Ha-ha)
    To ten million fireflies
    I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes

    I got misty eyes as they said farewell


    (Said farewell)
    But I'll know where several are
    If my dreams get real bizarre
    'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar
    (Jar, jar, jar...)
    [2x]
    I'd like to make myself believe
    That planet Earth turns slowly
    It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
    'Cause everything is never as it seems
    (When I fall asleep)
    I'd like to make myself believe
    That planet Earth turns slowly
    It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
    Because my dreams are bursting at the seams

    3. Highlight 5 examples of figurative language


    above.

    4. In the box below, explain why each of


    those five examples is figurative language.
    Use complete sentences.

    Cause Id get a thousand hugs, is a hyperbole because he doesnt really get


    a thousands hugs. It means that he loves hugs and the fireflies gave him many hugs.
    As they tried to teach me how to dance, is a personification because the
    fireflies cannot teach people how to dance. It means that the fireflies fly in the air as if
    they are dancing.
    I feel like an insomniac, is a simile because he is comparing himself to an
    insomniac because he cannot sleep with the fireflies around. An insomniac is
    someone who cant sleep.
    A sock hop beneath my bed, is a personification because a sock cannot hop
    beneath the bed. It is not a living object.
    'Cause they'd fill the open air, is a personification and a hyperbole because
    the fireflies cannot fill the air, it means that their are some much of them everywhere.
    5. Underline diction in the song that helps you
    understand the tone above.

    6. Italicize diction in the song above that


    helps you understand the mood.

    7. In the box to the right, write a short


    In the song Fireflies, by Owl City tone is
    very lonely and dreamy like. An example of
    paragraph describing the tone of the author
    and its effect on the readers mood by quoting this when he sings, Lit up the world as I fell
    asleep. This shows diction he uses makes
    (and citing) examples.
    the tone sound calm but dreamy at the same
    time. Another example is, I'm weird 'cause I
    hate goodbyes. I got misty eyes as they said
    farewell. These two sentences gives out a

    lonely tone. It seems like the speaker is


    alone again because the fireflies are leaving.
    The tone that the author uses affects the
    readers mood as well. This lonely but
    dreaming tone makes the reader feels very
    imaginative and hopeful. I'd like to make
    myself believe. That planet Earth turns
    slowly. It's hard to say that I'd rather stay
    awake when I'm asleep. 'Cause everything is
    never as it seems. The diction that the
    author uses in this chorus creates a different
    feeling for the reader, like if we got
    transported to a different, strange world. The
    chorus leaves me feel calm. If my dreams
    get real bizarre. 'Cause I saved a few and I
    keep them in a jar. This quote creates an
    imaginative mood. The tone is dreamy and
    lonely, which makes the mood imaginative
    and hopeful.

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