TPCASTT

What does the P stand for in TPCASTT?

• Protagonist

• Paraphrase

• Punctuation

• Point of View

In TPCASTT, what are you looking for when you look at connotation?

• Figurative language, imagery, and sound elements

• Figurative language only

• Nothing

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.

What does the first T stand for in TPCASTT?

• Theme

• Title

• Tone

• Thesis

What does the C stand for in TPCASTT?

• Critique

• Connotation

• Catharsis

• Caricature

What does the A stand for in TPCASTT?

• Attitude

• Anaphora

• Anti-climax

• Atmosphere

What does the S stand for in TPCASTT?

• Simile

• Synechdoche

• Sanity

• Shift

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

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