lit vocab #1 + tpcastt

spurious (adj.)

Not genuine, authentic, or true.

monogamy (noun)

Marriage with one person at a time.

ingenuous (adj.)

candid, sincere, open.

mercenary (adj.)

Working only for money or other reward.

obstreperous (adj.)

Noisy; boisterous; unruly; resisting control

T

Title - consider the title and make a prediction about what the poem will be about

P

Paraphrase - before you begin thinking about the deeper meaning or try to analyze it, write, in your own words exactly what happens in the poem. Paraphrasing isn’t summary.

C

Connotation - refers to any and all poetic devices focusing on how they contribute to the meaning. You only identify 3 and those should support the meaning of the poem.

A

Attitude/tone - examine diction, images, tone that may suggets the authors/speaker attitude. Tone/attitude are usually more than one word.

S

Shifts - you may see words like (but, get, however) periods, dashes, colons, or stanza divisions that might indicate change in tone, meaning, diction.

T

Title - look at the title again. Were you correct about your predictions? Any new insight?

T

Theme - message of the poem, what idea does the author want you to know, relatable, and is a complete sentence.