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Name:_________________________________

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).

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