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Date:
March3,2016
Advisory:CUPCRIC
TPCASTTPoetryAnalysis
Directions:
RereadOrangesandusetheTPCASTTstrategytoanalyzethepoem.Notethespecific
words,phrases,figurativelanguage,andimagestheauthoruses.
TITLE
:
Considerthetitleand
makeapredictionaboutwhat
thepoemisabout.
PARAPHRASE
:
Translatethe
poemlinebylineintoyourown
wordsonaliterallevel.Look
forcompletethoughtsandlook
upunfamiliarwords.
CONNOTATION:
Examine
thepoemformeaningbeyond
theliteral.Lookforfigurative
language,imagery,andsound
elements.
ATTITUDE/TONE:
Noticethe
speakerstoneandattitude.
Humor?Sarcasm?Awe?
SHIFTS:
Noteanyshiftsor
changesinspeakerorattitude.
Lookforkeywords,time
change,punctuation.
TITLE:
Examinethetitle
again,thistimeonan
interpretivelevel.
THEME:
Brieflystateinyour
ownwordswhatthepoemis
about(topic),thenwhatthe
poetissayingaboutthesubject
(theme).