Figurative Language
Elements of Poetry
TP-CASTT
Name that Example
Poetry
100
A comparison between two things using like or as.
What is a Similie?
100
The girl is as thin as a toothpick.
What is a simile?
100
The first and second "T" in TP-CASTT" stands for:
What is "title"?
100
The oil hissed and sizzled.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
A fourteen line lyrical poem.
What is a sonnet?
200
A comparison between two things without using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
200
The author's attitude toward the material and/or readers.
What is tone?
200
The "P" in TP-CASTT" stands for:
What is "paraphrase"?
200
The pen ran across the page.
What is personification?
200
The first 3 stanzas in a sonnet.
What are quatrains?
300
Buzz, burp, splash, and squeak are all examples of this type of figurative language.
What is an onomatopoeia?
300
The central idea, concern, or purpose in a literary work.
What is a theme?
300
The "C" in TP-CASTT stands for:
What is "connotation"?
300
I saw that movie a million times.
What is a hyperbole?
300
The last 2 lines in a sonnet.
What is a couplet?
400
Giving human characteristics to non-human things. For example: The clouds hopped across the sky.
What is personification?
400
Imagery is language that appeals to your ____________.
What are 5 senses?
400
The "S" in TP-CASTT stands for:
What is "shift"?
400
Jane saw John jump in his Jaguar.
What is alliteration?
400
The number of syllables in a sonnet line.
What is 10?
500
When the poet uses words that paint a picture in a reader's mind.
What is imagery?
500
What do you call an object that stands for an abstract idea? Ex: The American flag = freedom.
What is a symbol?
500
The last "T" in TP-CASTT stands for:
What is "theme"?
500
"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."
What is a metaphor?
500
The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet
What is ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG?
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