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Assignment: 1. Read the lyrics from John Mayer’s song “Waiting on…
Assignment:
1. Read the lyrics from John Mayer’s song “Waiting on the World to Change” from his third album Continuum (listen here) and in your own words, paraphrase the text below.
When you paraphrase a text, it should be approximately the same length as the original text and in your own words.
Me and all my friends
We’re all misunderstood
They say we stand for nothing and
There’s no way we ever could
Now we see everything that’s going wrong
With the world and those who lead it
We just feel like we don’t have the means
To rise above and beat it
So we keep waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war
They woulda never missed a Christmas
No more ribbons on their door
And when you trust your television
What you get is what you got
‘Cause when they own the information, oh
They can bend it all they want
It’s not that we don’t care
We just know that the fight ain’t fair
So we keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
2. Provide both an in-text citation at the end of your paraphrase and a Works Cited at the end of your paraphrase.
How to cite a song in APA 7:
In-text:
(Songwriter last name, Year)
Works Cited:
Songwriter last name, F. M. (Copyright year). Song title [Recorded by F.M. Last (performer’s
name/musical group)]. On Album title [Medium of recording]. Record label name.
Research:
You may look up the meaning of words. Please do not use external sources.
Evaluation:
The following criteria will be used to mark your work:
Is it entirely written in the student’s own words (paraphrased)?
Does it demonstrate the student’s ability to provide a concise and accurate paraphrasing of a text?
Do not include any quotations.
The work includes the student’s name, instructor’s name, course code, date, a title, page numbers and is double spaced.
The work is free of spelling and grammatical errors.
The work contains both an in-text citation and a works cited.
