TPFastT Poetry Introduction

The two poems you will be asked to compare in the unseen section of Literature Paper 2 will be linked by a common _________.

• title

• theme

• structure

• length

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The groups of lines of a poem is called?

• Paragraph

• Stanza

• Verse

• Quartet

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

• Figurative language, imagery, and sound elements

• Figurative language only

• Nothing

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

When analyzing poetry, you should start by...

• Reading the title

• Looking at pictures

• Making a prediction

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What is it?

• title, paraphrase, figurative language, symbols, shifts, title, theme

• title, paraphrase, figurative language, shift, speaker, title, theme

• type, partner, form, symbols, speaker, time frame, theme

• title, part most liked, form, syntax, symbol, title, theme

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of these are true about reading poetry?

• By the time you finish reading, you should be able to answer the "so what?" question

• The structure and the content of the poem reveal the meaning

• Always read the poem at least twice

• Never stop reading at the end of the line unless punctuation tells you

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which are important questions to ask while reading a poem?

• Who is the speaker?

• To whom is the speaker speaking?

• What is the subject and what is the speaker saying about the subject?

• Why is this so boring?

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How many stanzas are in the poem?

• 6 stanzas

• 7 stanzas

• 16 stanzas

• 1 stanza

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which paraphrase is the closest to lines 5 & 6?
"I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,"

• a mouse goes through a maze

• a poem is like a maze

• put a mouse into a poem and try to watch him figure his way out

• a mouse goes into a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9