Poetry and Figurative Language

Use of a symbol to signify ideas and deeper meaning than the literal sense of the symbol. 

• Symbolism
• Allusion
• Oxymoron
• Hyperbole

A comparison between two things using "like" or "as."

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Personification

A thing, an idea, or an animal is given human attributes. 

• Personification
• Oxymoron
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

"My heart is a bird, soaring over the plains of the earth with joy!"

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Allusion
• Alliteration

"I wait, washed, brushed, fed, like a prize pig" (The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood)

• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration

TPCASTT is a poetry analysis method for the purpose of... 

• taking apart the poem to understand it's full meaning. 
• getting the correct answer on the test.
• writing your own poetry.
• going to college. 

Which of the following is NOT part of TPCASTT analysis? 

• Title
• Theme
• Title revisited
• Traits

The P in TPCASTT is... 

• Paraphrase
• Principles
• Plot
• Picture

The C is TPCASTT is... 

• Connotation
• Claim
• Can opener
• Consonants

The A in TPCASTT is... 

• Author

• Attitude/Tone

• Actions

• Analysis