1. LYRIC EXPLICATION: CONNECTIONS A step-by-step way of digging deep into a poem/song lyrics Step 1 – Part 1: Look for Connections Does it remind you of a scene in a book? A scene in a movie? Something that has happened to you? Find a line you can make a connection for, underline it and jot down an explanation in the margin

2. LYRIC EXPLICATION: QUESTIONS A step-by-step way of digging deep into a poem/song lyrics Step 1 – Part 2: Look for QUESTIONS NOT questions that the poet/author asks Questions that YOU have about the poem Find a line you can ask a question about, underline it and jot down an explanation in the margin

3. LYRIC EXPLICATION: PREDICTIONS A step-by-step way of digging deep into a poem/song lyrics Step 1 – Part 3: Look for PREDICTIONS What is going to happen? I bet that… Next, I think… Find a line you can make a prediction about, underline it and jot down an explanation in the margin

4. LYRIC EXPLICATION: IMAGERY A step-by-step way of digging deep into a poem/song lyrics Step 1 – Part 4: Look for IMAGERY Are there hints as to location? Description of a person? Comparisons that create images? Find a line that you can imagine visually, underline it and jot down an explanation in the margin

5. LYRIC EXPLICATION: DEFINITIONS Step 2: Look for a word that might have more than one definition: Use a dictionary Copy down (in your own words) the first definition Copy down a second (and third) definition Add an explanation as to why one of the secondary definitions might be useful or interesting in the context of this poem

6. LYRIC EXPLICATION: POETIC DEVICES Step 3: Look for: Similes & Metaphors Alliteration, Assonance, Sibilance Repetition Rhyme Personification Onomatopoeia Fine one, underline it and explain what it means in the margins

7. LYRIC EXPLICATION: INFERENCES Step 4: Make inferences: Read between the lines What can you figure out that the author didn’t actually come right out and say? Fine an inference, underline it and explain your inference in the margin

8. WORKSHEET Read the notation steps on the front of your sheet Make sure you have the required number of notations (we did some as a class but you need to add more) Due at the end of class!