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

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

• Personification
• Oxymoron
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Allusion
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

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

• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

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. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

Which of the following is NOT part of TPCASTT analysis? 

• Title
• Theme
• Title revisited
• Traits

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The P in TPCASTT is... 

• Paraphrase
• Principles
• Plot
• Picture

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

The C is TPCASTT is... 

• Connotation
• Claim
• Can opener
• Consonants

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The A in TPCASTT is... 

• Author

• Attitude/Tone

• Actions

• Analysis

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8