ENGLISH FINAL 2017 Flashcards
TP-CASTT
A method for analyzing poetry
Title
Hints at the focal point of the poem
Paraphrase
A short analysis after reading the poem. Translate the words on a literal level
Connotation
Certain words or phrases that are containers to much bigger ideas. Literary Devices
Attitude
Speaker of poems feelings on the subject they are writing about
Shift
The occurrence of a change in tone or even the speakers attitude about what they are writing about
Title 2.0
Looking and evaluating the title with a new meaning
Theme
A statement in the form of a sentence evaluating the subject and what the speaker is saying about the subject
Alliteration
The commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group
Allusion
Casual or indirect reference to something
Imagery
The formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively
Metaphor
Something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol
Onomatopoeia
The use of imitative and naturally suggestive words for rhetorical, dramatic, or poetic effect
Personification
The attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure
Repetition
The act of repeating, or doing, saying, or writing something again; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation
