Analyze Poetry

Comparing 2 unlike things but with similar qualities (doesn't use like/as)

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What type of fig. language is the following sentence:

The sky misses the sun at night.

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Giving human characteristics to animals/objects

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What type of fig. language is the following sentence: She is as beautiful as a rose.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does the acronym TPDASTT stand for when analyzing poetry?

• title, paraphrase, devices, attitude, shift, title, theme

• title, paraphrase, diction, alliteration, similes, title, tone

• title, problem, devices, allusion, shift, tone, theme

• title, proof, diction, alliteration, sounds, title, theme

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Why is paraphrasing an important step of TPDASTT?

• You need to understand the poem in your own words.

• You may notice figurative language the poet uses.

• You must understand a poem's literal meaning before you can understand its deeper, symbolic meaning.

• You will be able to determine the poet's attitude towards the subject of the poem.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Why is the figurative language a poet uses important in understanding a poem?

• The figurative language often reveals the poet's attitude toward the subject of the poem.

• The figurative language makes a poem more entertaining to read.

• The figurative language demonstrates a poet's understanding of the topic of their poem.

• The figurative language tests a reader's ability to understand difficult texts.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Completing a TPDASTT chart when you read a poem on the STAAR will...

• improve your understanding of the poem.

• make the poem's theme easier to identify.

• help you get the correct answers on questions about the poem.

• all of these

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The first step of TPDASTT is to analyze the ___ before reading the poem.

• figurative language

• number of stanzas

• author background

• title

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What should you do before paraphrasing a poem?

• Read the entire poem start to finish.

• Search for unknown words.

• Count the number of stanzas.

• Determine the poem's rhyme scheme.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10