Poetry Analysis (TPCASTT) English 10H

Alliteration

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words ( Ex:High Heaven)

Allusion

an indirect or passing reference. (Ex:He's The Einstein Of Our Generation)

Assonance

a figure of speech in which the same vowel sound repeats within a group of words. (Ex: Clap your hands, and stamp your feet)

connotation

a meaning suggested by a word or an expression in addition to its exact meaning. Ex
(She’s feeling blue)

denotation

explicit or direct meaning, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it (Ex:”Home”)

hyperbole

a purposeful exaggeration not meant to be taken literally. (Ex: I’m so hungry I could eat a dog, its raining cats and dogs out there)

imagery

a noun to describe the way things or ideas seem in your mind or in art or literature.(Ex:“Her perfume smelled like a garden of fresh roses in bloom.”)

irony

when a moment of dialogue or plot contradicts what the audience expects from a character or story. (Ex: The Titanic was touted as an “unsinkable” ship, yet it sank on its first voyage.)

metaphor

compares two unrelated things, typically by stating that one thing is another using is. (Ex: His is a couch potato)

Mood

general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader. (Ex: sad, depressed, detached, and peaceful.- types of mood)

onomatopoeia

a figure of speech in which words evoke the actual sound of the thing they refer to or describe (Ex: Buzz, Clank, crunch")

Personification

figurative language that gives human characteristics to nonhuman things or inanimate objects.(Ex: The flowers danced to the wind.)

Similie

a comparison between two things, usually using the words 'like' and 'as' (Ex: as busy as a bee)

Symbol

an object, a person, a situation, or an action that has a literal meaning in a story but suggests or represents other meanings.(Ex: Heart (love, connection and fertility) )

Tone

the attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject (Ex: optimistic, serious, pessimistic)