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The Mending Wall TP-CASTT Practice
Robert Frost
Title – Think about the title before reading the poem.
Predict what the poem may be
about.
Paraphrase – write a summary for each stanza below to the left on the poem.
See
additional sheet.
Connotation – Poetic devices.
• Identify (write down) one metaphor and explain how it contributes to the author’s
purpose that walls are unnecessary?
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Identify (write down) one use of personification. How does it contribute to the
author’s purpose?
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Identify one simile (write it down) and explain how it contributes to the author’s
purpose.
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How is the wall ironic? (Hint: Think about what it is supposed to do, and what it
actually does each year.)
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Attitude (Tone) – 1.
Identify the speaker’s tone (use your tone word dictionary) and
explain why you selected this tone.
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Shifts – 1. Where do the shifts in tone, setting, or voice occur?
Annotate by placing a
* where all shifts occur. 2. Discuss the purpose of the shift and how they contribute to
the effect and meaning?
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Title – Reanalyze the title.
Now discuss how the title fits the poem on a deeper level.
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Theme – 1.
List the subject of the poem. 2. Now determine the theme. The theme
must be written in a complete sentence and must be a message or lesson the author
wants to portray.
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