ENGLISH BODY PARAGRAPH 1 – FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE DEVICES, USE THE LYRICS IN YOUR PARAGRAPH
AND EXPLAIN HOW THEY:
1. HELP REPRESENT THE SOCIAL ISSUE:
DOES IT MAKE THE AUDIENCE UNDERSTAND/IMAGINE/REMEMBER/FEEL SYMPATHY OR UNDERSTANDING?
2. ENGAGE THE AUDIENCE:
IS IT CATCHY?
DOES IT MAKE THE SONG FLOW?
DOES IT HELP AUDIENCE/LISTENERS UNDERSTAND/IMAGINE/REMEMBER/FEEL SYMPATHY OR
UNDERSTANDING?
EXAMPLE
There are a range of figurative language devices in the song ‘__________’, these devices are effective in
representing the social issue of _________ and engaging the audience because ___________. *Figurative
Language Device has been used in verse ____ and is heard in the lyrics “__________________”,
THEN GO ON TO EXPLAIN ANOTHER DEVICE  Another device used by _____ is ____, and can be seen in the
lines “___________” ………. DO THIS FOR 3-5 DEVICES
BODY PARAGRAPH 2 – STRUCTURE OF THE SONG, TALK ABOUT
TEMPO/INSTRUMENTS/MOOD/TONE/VOCALS/ RHYTHM/PACE/ETC.
Topic Sentence example: The song structure of ‘Gadigal Land’ effectively engages the audience by
___________ and represents the social issue _________________
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Uncompromising rage, fast tempo/pace, upbeat, features contributions from various Indigenous artists
and includes native language, there are just three chords used in the riff of ‘Gadigal Land’, pent up rage,
aggressive, the outro of the song includes lyrics that
‘Gadigal Land’ uses a rock band (electric guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals, by combining this with a
frontline consisting of a trumpet, trombone and bari sax, listeners are able to enjoy a song full of
uncompromising rage with meaningful lyrics that are effective in getting the message across. The band
uses only three chords in the riff, these are D, G and A chords.
Combined with a frontline consisting of a trumpet, trombone and bari sax. These instruments can
collectively be called the ‘horns’ or ‘frontline.’
There are just three chords used in the riff of ‘Gadigal Land’ by Midnight Oil. They are D, G and A chord but
can also be substituted using power chords. Listen to ‘Gadigal Land’ by
Midnight Oil and see if you can work out the riff using these chords on either guitar or bass. The riff uses
the following two rhythms:
The structure of the song ‘Gadigal Land’ is used effectively to represent the social issue of
______________________ and engages the audience by ___________________, the song is full of
uncompromising rage and has a (talk about tempo/pace/rhythm/mood) that catches the listeners ear and
makes the song ________________. The instruments used include ____________________, ____________,
________________, ______________________, ______________________ and ____________________. By
incorporating __________, ________ and ___________, ‘Gadigal Land’ effectively _____________.