"Common Magic" Annotation

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Group 1:

Title: the title has something to do with make believe.

Paraphrase:

Stanza 1- bubbles, mermaid, swimming.

Stanza 2 - Under water restaurant, people blowing bubbles.

Stanza 3 - The old man has some interesting singing but he needs the child to guide him home.

Connotation:

Bubbles- light hearted and stress free.

French-fried- light delicate food.

Floats- care free, links to bubbles.

Brain- controls your thoughts, involves thinking or lack thereof.

Attitude:

The effects of falling in love.

Title: has something to love

Theme: love

 

Group 2:

 

Paraphrase

She is talking about common things that happen in our day to day life’s that are really magical how everything works out.

Denotation:

Alien-life forms: Could mean actual aliens and space but in the context it could be referring to how they can grasp your attention and your mind.

Atmosphere: can literally mean the atmosphere or could me an area around a place or a room. Ex The atmosphere in the room was happy.

Attitude:

She views her/ your everyday life as magical and how the earth has so many problems and obstacles but somehow there’s a way through or around that obstacle.

Shift:

There is a shift in the last paragraph showing/stating that even though all these bad things happen our life’s still go on, there’s always a solution, and that’s just really magical!