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TPCASTT. To acquiesce tone in poetry. Nothing but. Prose condensed into a smaller space Fear of being wrong Everyone is always correct about meaning. Poetry is one of the most difficult genres to understand.
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TPCASTT To acquiesce tone in poetry
Nothing but.. • Prose condensed into a smaller space • Fear of being wrong • Everyone is always correct about meaning
Poetry is one of the most difficult genres to understand. • Every word counts and every image has limitless possibilities. While no one system of analysis has all the answers, the TP-CASTT system devised by the College Board offers a tool for entering a poem, understanding its parts, and internalizing its significance to the human experience. • Title - Ponder the title before reading the poem. • Paraphrase - Translate the poem into your own words. • Connotation - Contemplate the poem for meaning beyond the literal. • Attitude - Observe both the speaker’s and the poet’s attitude (tone). • Shifts - Note shifts in speakers and in attitudes. • Title - Examine the title again, this time on an interpretive level. • Theme - Determine the poet’s message about what it means to be human.
TITLE • POET--Background • Socio • Economic • Political Does the title mean anything to you? Think about it!
PARAPHRASE • In your own words for comprehension • Dictionary • Line by line
CONNOTATION • Word choice • Denotation direct from dictionary • Connation is what the word is meant to mean according to the poet • Don’t be literal; think figuratively • Activity: word play—1/2 piece of paper write words below and any synonyms you can think of AT LEAST THREE FOR EACH fat, house, ugly, laugh, king, old
SCANSION • http://myweb.stedwards.edu/georgek/poetics/scansion.html
ATTITUDE • Who is the speaker? • What does the poet want you to think? • TONE
SHIFTS • White space • Punctuation • Capitalization • Tense • Change in attitude— positive negative neutral • Change in speakers
TITLE AGAIN • Figuratively • Interpretativily • After all the “stuff above” Do you think or feel differently about the title?
THEME • What is the poet trying to tell the reader about being human? • What does poet want reader to learn? • What is he/she trying to change? • How does poem apply to society?
Group of three—all 3 own paper Read poems…. Half-sheet of paper. Tpcastt on front Paragraph about theme on back THE GROUP CANNOT HAVE THE SAME THEME PARAGRAPH. Will present to class ACTIVITY