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What does the second T stand for in TPCASTT?
Theme
Tone
Title
Thesis
What does the last T stand for in TPCASTT?
Tone
Theme
Title
Thesis
"All the world is a stage." is what type of figurative language?
cliche
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
"Now I'm stranded in the center / of a living submarine." is an example of -
an idiom
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
personification
"You hit the nail on the head." is an example of -
personification
hyperbole
a metaphor
an idiom
This is an example of -
a symbol
an oxymoron
onomatopoeia
a cliche
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.
In TPCASTT, what are you looking for when you look at connotation?
Figurative language, imagery, and sound devices
Figurative language only
Nothing
When we paraphrase EACH stanza, what should we focus on?
Analyzing word choice
Coming up with complete sentences about what is happening in each section
Main idea of each stanza
Just reading each section
Why do we reanalyze the title of the poem?
to help guide our thinking for coming up with a theme
we don't this is a silly step
A Theme needs to be:
Universal, non-specific, and a life lesson
Specific to the story.
Not predictable
A main idea
True or False: The theme is the message of the story.
True
False
What is the purpose of analyzing a poem with TPCASTT?
Each steps helps us dive deeper in finding out the message or theme of the poem
The teachers came up with this to make our life hard.
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