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Poetry Analysis Using TPCASTT Mrs. Willoughby-Hull English 12 ERWC/AP English Lit August 22-23, 2013

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Poetry Analysis Using TPCASTT. Mrs. Willoughby-Hull English 12 ERWC/AP English Lit August 22-23, 2013. What is TPCASTT?. It is a process to help you organize your analysis of all poetry, as well as prose (all other writing). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Poetry Analysis Using TPCASTT

Mrs. Willoughby-Hull

English 12 ERWC/AP English Lit

August 22-23, 2013

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What is TPCASTT?

• It is a process to help you organize your analysis of all poetry, as well as prose (all other writing).

• You should already know or remember the most often used literary and poetic devices.

• Together, we are going to analyze “American Hero” using TPCASTT.

• You have a note sheet that looks like this…

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Add your analysis of “American Hero” to this

sheet!

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T is for TITLE

• Analyze the title first.• What do you think or predict this poem

will be about?• Write down your thoughts or predictions.• We will reflect on the title again after we

have read the poem.• The next step is often omitted, but it is the

most important!!!!

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READ THE

POEM!!!!

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P is for PARAPHRASE

• Paraphrasing is putting something in your own words.

• After reading the poem, rewrite it in your own words.

• This may be three sentences or a page, depending on the particular poem.

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C is for CONNOTATION

• Analyze the literary and poetic devices of the poem.

• These should be the devices you have already studied.

• These elements add to the meaning of the poem.

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A is for ATTITUDE

• Tone is the attitude of the speaker toward the subject of the poem.

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S is for SHIFT (Change)

• If there is a change in…– Time– Tone– SpeakerThis should always

be noted because this will also affect the meaning of the poem.

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T is for TITLE (again)

• Now, it is time to reconsider the title.

• Were you right in your predictions?

• What other meanings might the title have based on your initial prediction?

• Next, the biggie….

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T is for THEME

• As you already know, THEME is the general insight about life or the message conveyed by the author through his/her poetry.

• The THEME does not make a judgment.

Example: “Don’t do drugs” is not a theme.

• It merely states something that is true about life and the human condition.

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How do I find the THEME?

• Look at the other parts of TPCASTT.

• What insight do the other elements working together convey?

• What is the poet saying about life?

• What is the life lesson or message?