This assignment engages high school students in authentic rhetorical analysis with the power of music. Students analyze a song from NPR's American anthem series.Your students choose from a list of beloved songs, read about the historical context, and analyze how the writer of the song used the rhetorical power of their lyrics to reach a specific American audience. This can be used as a formative writing practice in an AP Language and Composition class or as a summative assessment in an on-leve