TPCASTT
Figurative Language
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100

This step of TPCASTT is about putting the poem into your own words in a brief summary.

Paraphrase

100

Comparison of two different things without using like or as.

Metaphor

100

Paragraphs in poems

Stanza

200

This step looks for any changes in the speaker's tone or mood.

Shift

200

Exaggeration for dramatic effect.

hyperbole

200

The name for the competitive type of poetry we watched in videos in class.

Poetry slam

300

Theme has to do with the _____ of a poem.

message

300

Words that a formed from the sound they make. "Sizzle, cuckoo, boom"

Onomatopoeia 

300

A type of figurative language where a comparison can last throughout a poem.

Extended metaphor

400

The meaning beyond the literal meaning.

Connotation

400

A verse or phrase that is repeated at intervals throughout a song or poem

Refrain

400

The name of the poem about fearing the police

Adrenaline Rush

500

All of TPCASTT in order.

Title, paraphrase, connotation, attitude, shift, title, theme

500

Which figurative language was this from today's poem: And the old resolve to spread an expanding wing

Metaphor

500

In the poem about dealing with autism, what was the question people asked him that he misinterpreted to be asking him if he is a food?

Are you jelly?

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