1. Woody Guthrie
This Land Is Your Land
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2. Lyrics
This land is your land This land is my land From California to the New York island; From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and Me . As I was walking that ribbon of highway , I saw above me that endless skyway : I saw below me that golden valley: This land was made for you and me

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I've roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts ; And all around me a voice was sounding: This land was made for you and me.
When the sun came shining, and I was strolling, And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds  rolling, As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting: This land was made for you and me.

4. Lyrics
As I went walking I saw a sign there And on the sign it said "No Trespassing." But on the other side it didn't say nothing, That side was made for you and me. In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people, By the relief office I seen my people; As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking Is this land made for you and me?

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Nobody living can ever stop me, As I go walking that freedom highway; Nobody living can ever make me turn back This land was made for you and me.

6. Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie was born on July 14, 1912, in Okemah, Oklahoma. He was the third child of Charles and Nora Guthrie’s five children. His eager reading and interest in music helped him throughout his life. Woody was orphaned at age fourteen and developed a nomadic way of life. He earned his first guitar in Texas and began to write some of his own songs. Guthrie wrote around one thousand songs during his lifetime which earned him his place in musical history. ("Woody Guthrie Biography")
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7. United States of America
This Land is Your Land
United States of America
It began as British controlled American colonies. Then in July 4th 1776, the colonies broke with their mother countries and were then recognized as the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in It started with thirteen states, but in the 19th and 20th centuries, the nation gained 37 new states. The United States is a Democracy where all people are equal and have rights and say in government. ("The World Factbook").
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8. California
California was found by a Spanish navigator, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo in The state became United States territory in 1847 when Mexico surrendered it to John Fremont. California actually had a gold rush in 1847, bringing people to the state making California one of the most populous states ("California").
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9. New York Island
New York is spread over many islands such as Manhattan, Staten, and Long island. Many of these islands have interesting facts of history behind them that most people do not know. ("...To The New York"). Learn More
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10. Redwood Forrest
Sometimes called “big trees” or “redwoods” are actually giant sequoias and coastal redwoods. They only grow in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains (Malloy).
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11. Highways
They were first named during end of the Great depression. It started by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1925, as a response to the confusion created by the 250+ named highways. ("US Highway System").
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12. Gulf Stream Waters
The Gulf Stream is by far, bigger than the Mississippi, Nile, Congo, Amazon, the Volga, and the Yangtze combined with other major rivers. It is a never ending flow of water with no beginning or ending. (Hobbs).
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13. Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of sounds in neighboring words. For example: sweet smell of success, or a dime a dozen.
In the song; this land is your land, it is used in the third verse.
“Sparkling sands of her Diamond deserts”
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14. Metaphor
Metaphors are comparisons that show how two things that aren't alike, could actually be similar in an interesting way.
“ribbon of highway” comparing a highway to a ribbon, or vice versa. A ribbon is used to primarily for binding and tying. This makes it similar to a highway because it binds and ties different parts or the country together, as a ribbon would.
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15. Anaphora
Anaphora is a repetition of words or phrases used to lend emphasis .
Woody Guthrie, and his song “This Land is Your Land” repeated a phrase several times: “This land is made for you and me” at the end of every verse in the song to give it emphasis.
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16. Personification
“Wheat fields waving” is used as personification, which means giving non living things, living qualities such as giving wheat fields qualities like waving.
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17. Personification Definition: Giving human traits to non living objects
“a voice was chanting” is giving human traits to the voice. Even though people used their voices to chant, it is still giving it human traits.
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