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Approximately one month since the spread of COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic, 21 Pilots released a new single: “Level of Concern.” This song was released at a moment when well over 100 countries have been in a state of partial or total lockdown for nearly a month – and as such, it provides us a rich text to analyze with particular attention to message, purpose, and occasion. Scroll down more details about what this lesson bundle includes!
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Lesson Description
Wonder what this lesson bundle includes? Look no further! This lesson is comprised of three parts:
- A guided close reading and rhetorical analysis that spans four pages. This activity contains excerpted lyrics, guiding questions for analysis and discussion, and space for student analysis / annotations.
- An exercise that prompts students to reconsider the argument when framed as having different speakers and different audiences.
- A quick visual rhetorical activity that asks students to consider how a series of devices / purposeful choices have a rhetorical impact on the song’s official music video. (Great as an entry-point to the lesson, or as a homework assignment to continue practicing close-reading and analysis through the visual medium!)
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Lesson Features
| Grades | 8 - 12 |
| Focus | Close reading, Rhetorical analysis, Occasion, Visual rhetoric |
