Which of the following is an example of a simile?

There were a million people at the party.

The lion had a cavernous mouth.

In TPCASTT, what are you looking for when you look at connotation?

Figurative language, imagery, and sound elements

Which of these are true about reading poetry?

Never stop reading at the end of the line unless punctuation tells you

Always read the poem at least twice

The structure and the content of the poem reveal the meaning

By the time you finish reading, you should be able to answer the "so what?" question

Which are important questions to ask while reading a poem?

What is the subject and what is the speaker saying about the subject?

To whom is the speaker speaking?

When we paraphrase EACH stanza, what should we focus on?

Coming up with complete sentences about what is happening in each section

Why do we reanalyze the title of the poem?

to help guide our thinking for coming up with a theme

Universal, non-specific, and a life lesson

What is the purpose of analyzing a poem with TPCASTT?

Each steps helps us dive deeper in finding out the message or theme of the poem

The teachers came up with this to make our life hard.

TPCASTT

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English

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8th - 10th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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CCSS

RL.8.10, RL.8.2, L.4.5A

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does the first T stand for in TPCASTT?

Theme

Title

Tone

Thesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does the C stand for in TPCASTT?

Critique

Connotation

Catharsis

Caricature

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does the P stand for in TPCASTT?

Protagonist

Paraphrase

Punctuation

Point of View

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does the A stand for in TPCASTT?

Attitude

Anaphora

Anti-climax

Atmosphere

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does the S stand for in TPCASTT?

Simile

Synechdoche

Sanity

Shift

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does the second T stand for in TPCASTT?

Theme

Tone

Title

Thesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does the last T stand for in TPCASTT?

Tone

Theme

Title

Thesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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22 questions

What does the first T stand for in TPCASTT?

What does the C stand for in TPCASTT?

What does the P stand for in TPCASTT?

What does the A stand for in TPCASTT?

What does the S stand for in TPCASTT?

What does the second T stand for in TPCASTT?

What does the last T stand for in TPCASTT?

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