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CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND SELF-REFLECTION PROJECT: PART 1A

 

SONG ANALYSIS

 

Directions

 Choose any song you like that’s about a relationship or relationships (e.g., friendship,

family, romantic partners, business, etc.)

 Complete the following sheets below:

o Sheet 1: Copy and paste the entire lyrics to the song. Include the name of the artist

and song title.

o Sheet 2: Find 5 words from any of the chapters listed Chapters 7, 8, 9 or 13 that

relate to what the song discusses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SONG ANALYSIS SHEET 1

Title of Song:

Name of Artist(s):

 

Lyrics:

 

 

 

SONG ANALYSIS SHEET 2

 

Note: You must use 5 different terms/concepts; however, for any particular song lyric, you can

apply multiple key terms. For example, for “Used to go to dinner almost every night…Now it

seems your dancing feet are always on my couch” (Janet Jackson’s song “What Have You Done

for Me Lately?”) we stated that this related to social exchange theory, but you can also say the

relationship is in the deterioration phase because the artist feels a weaker bond to her significant

other.

Term/concept

from textbook

found in song

(page #)

 

Definition of

term or

explanation of

concept in your

own words

 

Lyric from

song that

represents

term/concept

 

Explain how the

line from the

song specifically

relates to the

term

 

EXAMPLE Social exchange

theory (pp. 183-

184)

Social exchange

theory basically

states that

people consider

going into

relationships

where the

benefits

outweigh the

costs.

“Used to go to

dinner almost

every

night…Now it

seems your

dancing feet are

always on my

couch”

Early in the

relationship she

had the benefits

of going out to

eat with her

boyfriend, but

now he only

stays at home. It

appears that

she’s seeing

more costs than

benefits and

wants to end her

relationship.

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