Worksheets10/2 TPFASTT Do you know how to use it? * Poetry analysis tool
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 12mins
What does the acronym TPFASTT stand for when analyzing poetry?
title, paraphrase, figurative language, attitude, shift, title, theme
title, paraphrase, figurative language, alliteration, similes, title, tone
title, problem, form, allusion, shift, tone, theme
title, proof, diction, alliteration, sounds, title, theme
The first step of TPFASTT is to analyze the ___ before reading the poem.
figurative language
number of stanzas
author background
title
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.
What is the best strategy for determining how often to stop and paraphrase?
You should always paraphrase every line.
Paraphrase every complete sentence or thought.
Paraphrase each stanza.
Skip the paraphrasing step.
Why is paraphrasing an important step of TPFASTT?
You need to understand the poem in your own words.
You may notice the 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.
What are the devices to look for in a poem after paraphrasing?
figurative language, rhyme, theme
title analysis, diction (positive and negative tone), rhythm
figurative language, diction (positive and negative tone), repetition
subject, tone, theme
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.
The best question to ask yourself when you see a simile or metaphor in a poem is...
What other poems have I seen this figurative language used in?
Why did the author choose this type of figurative language?
What is being compared and does it make sense?
Why are these two things being compared and what is the effect?
What is true about alliteration in poetry?
(Alliteration= the repetition of beginning word sounds)
Hard sounds such as buh and kuh create a harsh, negative tone.
Soft sounds such as sh- and ch- create a soft, positive tone.
Alliterative words do not have to be directly next to each other.
All of these are true.
A quick, easy way to identify an allusion is...
(Allusion= reference to something popular or well-known)
look for proper nouns/ capitalized words.
look for repetition of letters.
look for the first words in a stanza.
look for words that rhyme.
Words and phrases repeated in a poem are often...
symbolic and related to the poem's theme.
descriptive words.
a sign that the poet did not have a strong vocabulary.
not important.
Diction means ____.
comparing two unlike things
words that are symbolic
dictionary definition
word choice
Highlighting positive words/ phrases in one color and negative words/ phrases in another color...
helps you easily identify the poet's attitude in a poem.
shows you if a poet feels happy or sad in their poem.
helps you understand the theme of a poem.
shows you the figurative language in a poem.
Which of the following are clue words/ phrases for the shift in a poem?
also, and, as well, in addition to
because, for, so, then
but, yet, until, however
unfortunately, luckily, happily, sadly
Why is the title of a poem analyzed twice in TPFASTT?
A poem's title shows the poet's purpose for writing it.
A poem's title shows the topic of the poem.
A poem's title is very important.
A poem's title is usually symbolic of its theme.
Which of the following is NOT true of theme?
Theme is often represented in the symbolic meaning of a poem's title.
Theme is the message or observation a poet wants to portray to the reader.
Theme is universal- it can relate to anyone, anytime, anywhere.
Theme must always be a life-changing, profound life lesson.
A word with a small number next to it is a ____, and it can be found at the ___ of a passage.
footnote, bottom/end
subscript, top/ beginning
footnote, top/ beginning
subscript, bottom/ end
Completing a TPFASTT 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
Use the DIDLS chart to help analyze the speaker's tone of a poem. Tone means the speaker's attitude toward the subject.
What does the acronym DIDLS stand for?
Diction, Imagery, Details, Language, Sentence structure
Tone, Imagery, Figurative Language, Syntax
Details, Diction, Sentence structure, Imagery, Language,
