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TP-FASTT

TP-FASTT. Pam Winarski 9 th Literature B Updated 5 January 2010. “T” = Title. Anticipate the meaning of the poem by starting with the TITLE Always read the TITLE first—meaning begins with the title Ask yourself questions to help anticipate the meaning:

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TP-FASTT

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  1. TP-FASTT Pam Winarski 9th Literature B Updated 5 January 2010

  2. “T” = Title • Anticipate the meaning of the poem by starting with the TITLE • Always read the TITLE first—meaning begins with the title • Ask yourself questions to help anticipate the meaning: • Is it one word? How is it punctuated? Nature or name in the title? Etc.

  3. “P” = Paraphrase When you first do your “quick” read, write a one to two sentence paraphrase. This will be at the most basic level, the literal level, and will make sure you understand at the “literal” level what the poem means.

  4. “F” = Figurative Devices • This begins your analysis of the poem. Here you are looking at the three things that help create meaning in a poem: sound devices, form, and figurative devices. • Sound devices: onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, rhythm, rhyme • Form: structure of the poem: arrangement of words, lines, repetition, and what effect they have • Figures of speech: personification, hyperbole, simile, metaphor, etc.

  5. “A” = Attitude Analyze the speaker’s TONE towards his or her subject (how does he or she feel about what he or she is talking about?) Style—look at the style of writing the poet uses (style is a manner of writing—how something is said verses what is said) Voice—the poet’s unique style of expressing themselves (i.e., ee cummings) The attitude of the poet will effect the mood of the piece (mood is the feeling the reader gets when he/she reads a literary work)

  6. “S” = Shift (s) All poems have a shift—in either a tone, a subject, a speaker, a situation, speed, attitude, or diction The meaning of the poem will emerge during the shift The shift can be positive to negative, happy to sad, serious to happy, etc. There can be more than one shift in a poem The shift will create an effect on the reader

  7. “T” = Title Rethink the meaning of the title now Look for other possible meanings for the title and in the title

  8. “T” = Theme A theme is the message about life or human nature that is conveyed by a literary work As a reader, you must “infer” the writer’s theme (it is not stated in words for you to read) In sentence form (declarative), come up with at least two possible themes for each poem Themes must be a “valid” thought with 2 references from the text to support each theme—use quotes if necessary

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