Diamante Worksheet

Unit VI Louisiana's Musical Landscape
Lesson 3 Generaltional Music Communities

Diamante Worksheet

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Write a Diamante to demonstrate the differences between two types of traditional music by following the directions below. The example shows how it should look.

Diamante

Line 1 & 7: Nouns that are opposites
Line 2: Two adjectives that describe line 1
Line 3: Three verbs that end in "ing" that describe line 1
Line 4: First two nouns refer to line 1 and the next two nouns refer to line 7
Line 5: Three verbs that end in "ing" that describe line 7
Line 6: Two adjectives that describe line 7
Line 7: Antonym to line 1

Example:

Bluegrass
High, lonesome
Strumming, plucking, singing
Banjos, mandolins, frottoirs, accordions
Keyboarding, scraping, drumming
Soulful, rhythmic
Zydeco

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