Parts of Poems
Figurative Language
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Diction and more!
PTPCASTT
100

A repeated grouping of two or more lines in a poem that often share a pattern of rhythm and rhyme?

What is stanza? :)

100

A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it was something else.

What is metaphor? :)

100

Figure of speech in which the words like or as are used to compare two apparently dissimilar items.

What is simile? :)

100

The authors choice of words.

What is diction?

100

The step of PTP-CASTT requires you to predict what the story will be about.

What is tittle?

200

The rhythm of a poem, usually created through the number and pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line.

What is meter? :)

200

A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.

What is hyperbole? :)

200

The use of words that imitate sounds.

What is onomatopoeia? :)

200

Which one of these examples are denotation and which is connotation?

Blue:

1)Sadness

2)A color

1) What is connotation?

2)What is denotation?

200

What does PTP-CASTT stands for?

Purpose, title, paraphrase, connotation, attitude, shifts, tittle, theme.

300

The descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader.

What is imagery? :)

300

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.

What is allusion? :)

300

What form of Figure Language is this example:

"I'm so tired I could sleep a year"

What is hyperbole?

300

Literal (dictionary) definition of a word.

What is denotation?
300

The step of PTP-CASTT requires you to determine speakers tone?

What is attitude?
400

The repetition of initial consonant sounds.

What is alliteration? :)

400

What form of Figurative Language is this example:

He makes Einstein jealous.

What is allusion?

400

A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics. 

What is personification? :)

400

Figurative (emotional/imaginative) connotation of words; can be positive or negative.

What is connotation?

400

The step of PTP-CASTT requires you to surface level read.

What is paraphrase?

500

The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables. 

What is assonance? :)

500

What type of figurative language is this example:

"He is my star."

What is metaphor? 

500

What form of Figurative Language is this example:

"The leaves were dancing in the wind"

What is personification?

500

The author's attitude towards the subject he/she writes about; created by choice of words and specific connotation.

What is tone?

500

The step of PTP-CASTT requires you to identify and interpret figurative language and diction.

What is connotation?

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