TPCASTT and Figurative Language

The step in TPCASTT described as:

Look closely at word choice.

Identify and interpret figurative language, and label positive, negative, and neutral words/lines.

In order to condense their language, poets often use (check all that apply):

• Rhyme

• Figurative Language

• Connotation

• Imagery

• Complete Sentences

The step in TPCASTT described as:

How does the speaker feel about the subject?

What feelings are expressed in the poem?

Draw an emoji to represent the speaker.

The step in TPCASTT described as:

Notes where connotation changes or the rhythm of a poem changes.

What is happening in the poem at these shifts?

What is the attitude shift?

language NOT meant to be taken literally

• alliteration

• fancy language

• figurative language

• a joke

words that imitate the sounds to which they refer

• omnivorous

• onomatopoeia

• omnipresent

• octagon

a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• metaphor

• imagery

• simile

• personificarion

The step in TPCASTT described as: Look closely at word choice. Identify and interpret figurative language, and label positive, negative, and neutral words/lines.

• Title

• Paraphrase

• Connotation

• Theme

In order to condense their language, poets often use (check all that apply):

• Rhyme

• Figurative Language

• Connotation

• Imagery

The step in TPCASTT described as: How does the speaker feel about the subject? What feelings are expressed in the poem? Draw an emoji to represent the speaker.

• Title

• Attitude

• Shifts

• Theme