TP-CASTT for analyzing poetry

What is the purpose of TPCASTT?

• To analyze a poem.

• To organize an essay.

• To write an argument.

What is the first read of the poem? 

• An initial read.

• A cold read.

• An inference.

What do you do for T - Title?

• Create a new title for the poem.

• Underline the poem's title.

• Predict what the poem is about.

This video suggests you to summarize. Mrs. Linecker asks you to paraphrase. What's the difference?

• Summary is only give main ideas. Paraphrase is to translate into your own words.

• Paraphrase is to only give main ideas. Summary is to translate into your own words.

What's NOT something you look for during the C - Connotation part?

• Figurative Language

• Sound Devices

• The Title of the poem.

What is Tone?

• A type of figurative language.

• The way the reader feels.

• The way the author feels.

What is a shift in a poem?

• When there is a change in the tone, time, or speaker in the poem.

• The attitude the author has.

• The way the poem makes you feel.

What do you do in the T - Title (again)?

• Re-examine the title to see what you can add to the meaning of the title.

• Give the poem a new title.

The theme should be only one word.

• True 

• False

What is the acronym for analyzing poetry?

• TPKAST

• TPCAST

• TPCASTT