Reviewing TPCASTT Method

Poetry Analysis:

Reviewing Elements

from the TPCASTT Method

Unit 2 - ELA 3 American Contemporary Literature - Top 5 in leaderboard will receive 5 Kickboard points.

Draw

How are you doing today?

Open Ended

What do we analyze in the TPCASTT Method?

Match

Match the following:

• Title

• Paraphrase

• Connotation

• Attitude/Shifts

• Theme

Predict the poem and analyze it.

Write it in your own words.

Analyze the word choice (fig. of speech).

The speaker's tone & changes in the poem.

The lesson or message.

• Predict the poem and analyze it.

• Write it in your own words.

• Analyze the word choice (fig. of speech).

• The speaker's tone & changes in the poem.

• The lesson or message.

We will start practicing paraphrasing. It is the most difficult part. Imagine that you are sharing something to your friend as you are practicing paraphrasing.

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Let's Practice!

Multiple Choice

When you put the words of others into your own words, you are doing what?

• plagiarizing

• writing

• cheating

• paraphrasing

Multiple Choice

What is the first thing you do before you start paraphrasing?

• Start writing

• Understand the text

• Record the source

Multiple Select

You use the dictionary to find

• Similar words to be used in text

• The meaning of the words in the text

• The opposite meaning of the words

Multiple Choice

Which sentence best RESTATES the ideas in the passage?  

"Although television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s, small, experimental television images were broadcast in the 1920s."

• Television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s.

• Television became popular in the 1950s, but the first television images were used thirty years earlier.

• Television became popular in the 1920s, and again in the 1950s.

Multiple Choice

Choose the best paraphrase of the following statement:
“According to the National Sleep Foundation, kids ages 6 to 13 should be getting between nine and 11 hours of sleep per night.”

• Researchers at The National Sleep Foundation believe kids ages 6 to 13 do not get enough sleep.

• According to the National Sleep Foundation, kids need lots of sleep.

• The National Sleep Foundation suggests nine to 11 hours of sleep each night for children between the ages of 6 and 13.

Multiple Choice

Paraphrasing should....

• convey the same message as the original quote

• convey a new and different message from the original quote

Multiple Choice

Original: Taking the bus to Montego Bay is about twice the distance of taking the bus to Ocho Rios.

Paraphrase: A bus ride to Ocho Rios is roughly half the journey of going to Montego Bay by bus.

• Acceptable Paraphrase

• Unacceptable Paraphrase

Multiple Choice

Original: Any trip to Jamaica must include a visit to Ocho Rios to climb the falls.

Paraphrase: You should go up the falls positioned in Ocho Rios when vacationing in Jamaica.

• Acceptable Paraphrase

• Unacceptable Paraphrase

Let's move on to practicing figurative language and sound devices. These things are a bit abstract, and we have to take time to read it carefully.

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Great Job!

Multiple Choice

Fight Song by Rachel Platten

Like a small boat

On the ocean

Sending big waves

Into motion

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Boom Clap by Charlie XCX

Boom clap

The sound of my heart

the beat goes

on and on and on and on and

Boom clap

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Multiple Select

Moves like Jagger by Maroon 5

All the moves like Jagger

I've got the moves like Jagger

I've got the moves like Jagger

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Multiple Choice

Stereo Hearts by Gym Class Heroes

My heart's a stereo

It beats for you, so listen close,

Hear my thoughts in every note

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

Sound of Silence by Disturbed

Hello Darkness, my old friend

I've come to talk with you again

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

Multiple Choice

Million Reasons by Lady Gaga

You're giving me a million

reasons to let you go

You're giving me a million

reasons to quit the show

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Rolling in the deep by Adele

But you played it, you played it, you played it, you played it to the beat

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Repetition

• Personification

Multiple Choice

Which example below is an example of an oxymoron?

• It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity.

• He ate flaming hot Cheetos.

• A little pain never hurt anyone.

Multiple Choice

Identify the paradox. 

• She is an awfully good singer.

• The blank page stared back at me.

• It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.

• They danced in the moonlight. 

Multiple Choice

He passed away last night.

• paradox

• euphemism

• oxymoron

Multiple Choice

Company X is letting go of some of its employees.

• paradox

• euphemism

• oxymoron

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• a) Vanessa’s vaccine defends her vulnerable body from the virus

• b) Lucy jumps at least a hundred feet in the air

• c) Joseph’s vaccine lowers his chances of getting the virus

Multiple Choice

Which sound device is this sentence an example of? "Johnny went here, there and everywhere."

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

Let's work on theme. Theme is a lesson or message that the author wants to share. It is not a summary of the poem. It is something that can be applied to everyday life.

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Let's move on!

Multiple Choice

The theme of a story is the...

• main character.

• message about life that the author expresses.

• sequence of events.

• short summary of what the story is about.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following could be a theme of a story?

• a 35-year-old woman named Essie and her brother

• a small apartment in Marfa, Texas

• Telling the truth may cause pain, but in the end, it's better than lying.

• Essie lied to her brother about her identity for two years, but she finally decided to tell him the truth.

Multiple Choice

A Dog, to whom the butcher had thrown a bone, was hurrying home with his prize as fast as he could go. As he crossed a narrow bridge, he looked down and saw his reflection in the quiet water as if in a mirror. But the greedy Dog thought he saw a real Dog carrying a bone much bigger than his own. If he had stopped to think he would have known better. But instead of thinking, he dropped his bone and sprang at the Dog in the river, only to find himself swimming for dear life to reach the shore. At last he managed to scramble out, and as he stood sadly thinking about the good bone he had lost, he realized what a foolish Dog he had been.
What is the theme?

• Be honest.

• Don't be greedy.

• Always share your things with others.

• Be respectful to others.

Multiple Choice

My best friend was having a party Friday night, but I also had a baseball game.  This was going to be a tough decision.  If I do not go to the game, I will let my team down.

• It's important to be loyal

• Your friends are the most important things in life

• Being good at sports is the best way to get friends

• it's important to never give up

Open Ended

We will read a poem called "Still I Rise". What do you think the poem will be about?

Instructions: Let's listen to this poem to answer questions related to it.

Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

Dropdown

"Why are you beset with gloom?" What option works best as paraphrase? ​

Select answer

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Match

Match the following from the poem "Still I Rise":

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Assonance

I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,

That I dance like I've got diamonds

You may kill me with your hatefulness,

Bitter, twisted lies

• I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,

• That I dance like I've got diamonds

• You may kill me with your hatefulness,

• Bitter, twisted lies

Multiple Choice

What is the tone of the poem "Still I Rise"?

• Triumphant

• Sad

• Confused

• Resigned

Open Ended

What is the theme of the poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou?

Draw

How do you feel after today's lesson?