This document outlines lessons on analyzing poetry. It describes two lessons that introduce tools for analyzing poetic form, rhetoric, syntax and vocabulary, and that teach the TPCASTT method for analyzing poems by looking at the title, paraphrase, connotation, attitude, shifts, title again and theme. The document concludes with a short assessment to check understanding of these lessons, along with examples of parts of speech like prepositions, adverbs and appositives.
2. Unit 7 Lesson 1 In this lesson, you will view a PowerPoint presentation on poetry terms. You can print off the PowerPoint slides to keep as a reference as you work through this unit. To analyze a poem’s design – the reader will focus on the form, rhetoric, syntax, and vocabulary displayed in the poem that is being read.
3. Unit 7 Lesson 2 In this lesson, you will be learning how to analyze a poem using TPCASTT. You will be viewing a PowerPoint presentation on this method. Again, you can print off the slides for future reference as you work through this unit. T – title P – paraphrase C – connotation A – attitude (tone) S – shift T – title again T - theme
4. Unit 7 Lessons – check your understanding You will be taking a short assessment to demonstrate your understanding of material covered in these lessons. Remember that out of is a preposition. Suddenly is an adverb that is used as an introductory adverb phrase. An appositive renames the subject – you will find an appositive is normally set off with commas. Sam, in the brown shirt, is my best friend. In the brown shirt is the appositive (set off in commas).
