Microteaching

Stereo Hearts

Stereo Heart

• Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine

• 2011

• In the song, ‘Stereo Heart’ by Gym Class Heroes, the speaker

uses diction, imagery, details and language to create an

impassioned tone towards love and his relationship.

Diction

• I only pray you'll never leave me behind (never leave me)

Because good music can be so hard to find (so hard to find)

I take your hand and hold it closer to mine (yeah)

Thought love was dead, but now you're changing my mind

• Only

• Just

Imagery

• If I was an old-school fifty pound boombox (remember them?)

Would you hold me on your shoulder wherever you walk?

Would you turn my volume up in front of the cops (turn it up)And crank it higher every time they told you to stop?

Details

• Furthermore, I apologize for any skipping tracks

It's just the last girl that played me left a couple cracks

• If I was an old-school fifty pound boombox (remember them?)

Would you hold me on your shoulder wherever you walk?

• And all I ask is that you don't get mad at me

When you have to purchase mad D batteries

Language

• My heart's a stereo MetaphorIt beats for you, so listen closeHear my thoughts in every no-o-o-te

• Just keep me stuck inside your head, like your favorite tune SimileAnd know my heart's a stereo that only plays for you

• Appreciate every mix tape your friends makeYou never know we come and go like on the interstate. Simile

Tone

• Topic: Love

• Tone: Impassioned