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•Questions:1. What is the difference

between Mood and Tone?

2. What is a Theme?

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TP-CASTTTP-CASTTPoetry / Text

Analysis8th Grade Language Arts

•This is a process to help you organize your analysis of poetry.

•We have already learned the vocabulary, now it’s time to put it into practice!

•Together, we are going to analyze “A Man” using TP-CASTT.

Getting Getting Started…Started…

1. Analyze the title first. (“A Man”)

2. What do you predict this poem will be about?

3. Write down your predictions.

4. We will reflect on the title again after we have read the poem.

5. The next step is often omitted, but it is the most important!!!!

T is for TitleT is for Title

T is for TitleT is for TitleTitle:

Think about the title before reading the text to predict what it will be about.

I predict that the poem will be about a man, since the title is only referring to one person, I think that this man must be someone important.

Stop:Stop:Now Read Now Read the Poemthe Poem

While fighting for his country, he lost an arm

And was suddenly afraid:

From now on, I shall only be able to do things by halves.

I shall reap half a harvest.

I shall be able to play either the tune

or the accompaniment on the piano,

but never both parts together.

I shall be able to bang with only one fist

on doors, and worst of all

I shall only be able to half hold

my love close to me.

There will be things I cannot do at all,

applaud for example,

at shows where everyone applauds.”

From that moment on, he set himself to do

everything with twice as much enthusiasm.

And where the arm had been torn away

a wing grew

A Manby Nina Cassian

page 56

• Paraphrasing is putting something in your own words.

1.After reading the poem, rewrite it in your own words. This may be a

few sentences or a page, depending on the particular poem.

P is for P is for ParaphraseParaphrase

Paraphrase:

After diffusing the text, translate the most challenging lines of the reading into your own words (you may need to reread the text several times) then briefly summarize what you read

This line symbolizes the fact that the man now has half the ability to do what he did before. Things are not literally split in half for him to complete. Loosing an arm took away the everyday power the man used to have.

P is for P is for ParaphraseParaphrase“From now on, I shall only be able to do things by halves”

•Analyze the figures of speech and sound effects of the poem.

•These are the poetry vocabulary we have already studied.

•These elements add to the meaning.

C is for C is for ConnotationConnotation

C is for C is for ConnotationConnotationConnotation:

Mark the text by highlighting the diction (words and phrases) used for positive effect (color 1) and/or negative effect (color 2). Then, study the diction to determine a pattern (e.g., mostly negative begins negatively but ends positively) and record your analysis.

While fighting for his country, he lost an arm

And was suddenly afraid:

From now on, I shall only be able to do things by halves.

I shall reap half a harvest.

I shall be able to play either the tune

or the accompaniment on the piano,

but never both parts together.

I shall be able to bang with only one fist

on doors, and worst of all

I shall only be able to half hold

my love close to me.

There will be things I cannot do at all,

applaud for example,

at shows where everyone applauds.”

From that moment on, he set himself to do

everything with twice as much enthusiasm.

And where the arm had been torn away

a wing grew

A Manby Nina Cassian

page 56

C is for C is for ConnotationConnotationConnotation:

Mark the text by highlighting the diction (words and phrases) used for positive effect (color 1) and/or negative effect (color 2). Then, study the diction to determine a pattern (e.g., mostly negative begins negatively but ends positively) and record your analysis.

• Reap, Play, Love, Applaud, Enthusiasm, Wing, Grew

• Fighting, Lost, Afraid, Never, Bang, Worst, Cannot, Torn

• By looking at the diction (word choice) we can see that the poem begins negatively and ends positively

Tone: The attitude of the author or speaker toward the subject of the poem.

A is for A is for AttitudeAttitude

A is for A is for AttitudeAttitudeAttitude:

Determine how the writer or speaker feels about the subject of the text (There might be more than one tone.) Highlight words that convey tone. Be sure to use precise tone words (e.g. mournful, not sad). Finally, summarize the tone.

In the beginning, the speaker feels dissatisfied and hopeless about the loss of his arm. The tone is dreary or sad. By the end, the speaker feels optimistic and renewed, he feels as though he can do anything. The tone changes to hopeful.

* Tone is the author's or the poet's attitude towards his or her subject. * Therefore, the tone in this poem would be how Nina Cassian feels about servicemen returning from battle and returning to daily life.

* The tone seems to be hopeful since in the end the man’s feelings change into enthusiasm & happiness.

Don’t Don’t Confuse :Confuse :ToneTone & & MoodMood!!

•If there is a changechange in…

–Time–Tone–Mood–SpeakerThis should always be noted as this will also affect the meaning.

S is for ShiftS is for Shift

Shift in MoodShift in Mood• Mood is how the poem makes the reader or the

listener feel. – For example:

• But the beginning of the poem, the mood is fearful and angry because the man is upset he lost his arm.

• But, the mood becomes more optimistic towards the end of the poem as the reader discovers the soldier wants to push himself to continue life normally .

S is for ShiftS is for ShiftShift:

Identify shifts, such as in the speaker, setting, subject, tone, or images. After marking the text with a star and numbering each, study and explain the shifts.

There is a great shift in the mood of the poem. In the beginning, the mood is scared and angry because the man lost his arm and thinks that he will not be able to accomplish anything. However, by the end of the poem, the mood shifts to happiness and optimism. The man says he will do things with twice the enthusiasm.

•At this time, you should reconsider the title:

Were you right in your predictions?

What other meanings might the title have in light of your analysis?

T is for Title T is for Title (again)(again)

T is for Title T is for Title (again)(again)Title:

Examine the title to determine the deeper meaning. Look beyond the literal, even if the title is simple (e.g. “Choices”). Record ideas.

“A MAN”Ideas:•Strength•Being alone•Protection•Mystery

•As you already know, theme is a universal lesson or message conveyed by the author through his/her work.

•It does not make a judgment. example: “Don’t do drugs” is not a theme

•It merely states something that is true to life and the human condition.

T is for ThemeT is for Theme

1. Look at the other parts of TP-CASTT.

2. What insight are all of these working together to convey?

3. What is the poet trying to say about life?

How do I find the How do I find the Theme?Theme?

T is for ThemeT is for ThemeTheme:

Determine the message about life implied in the poem. After you identify a subject (e.g. friendship), write a statement about the subject that sounds like a piece of advice (e.g. For a friendship to survive, one must be selfless, not selfish.) Record your theme statement(s).

The theme of Nina Cassian’s poem, “A Man”, is that you need to believe in yourself in order to overcome challenges life may present to you. In the beginning, the soldier does not think he will be able to do anything since he lost his arm. But, he started to believe in himself and by the end of the poem he was determined to enthusiastically do things as he did before.

On Your Own:On Your Own:1. Read the first 5 pages of

Chapter 19 of Lightning Thief

2. Complete the chart for TP-CASTT

3. Illustrate one Letter for TP-CASTT

Homework:Homework:HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND