TPCASTT and Figurative Language

"All the world is a stage." is what type of figurative language?

• cliche

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Now I'm stranded in the center / of a living submarine.

• an idiom

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"You hit the nail on the head." is an example of -

• personification

• hyperbole

• a metaphor

• an idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• He is a rock.

• You were as brave as a lion.

• There were a million people at the party.

• The lion had a cavernous mouth.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Figurative language (4)

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What strategy is used when reading a poem?

• PQ2R

• STEAL

• TPCASTT

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

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

• Figurative language, imagery, and sound elements

• Figurative language only

• Nothing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

"The comedian is seriously funny." is an example of -

• a cliche

• an oxymoron

• a metaphor

• an idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

This is an example of -

• a symbol

• an oxymoron

• onomatopoeia

• a cliche

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.5