Reading Strategy
Asking Questions
Asking questions about a text or making connections with it helps you better understand the text and build critical reading and thinking skills.
Read the passage and write questions about what you find
curious.
curious.
What does “sweet sorrow” mean? / How can “sorrow” be sweet at all? / Why only three types of responses, not four or five? / Who was the researcher?
Research has found that our emotional response to music is complex and various.
In 2016, a survey of 363 listeners found that emotional responses to sad songs fell roughly into three categories: powerful negative feelings like anger, terror, and despair; a gentle sadness, longing or self-pity; and sweet sorrow, a pleasant comfort or appreciation.
Many respondents described a mix of the three.