“Mid-Term Break” TP-CASTT
Part 1.
Using Poetry Mid-Term Break by Seamus Heaney, complete a TP-CASTT analysis
instruction as to how to do the TP- CASTT will be in a file below along with another file that has the template that will be done for this assignment.
Poetry Link: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57041/mid-term-break
Part 2.
After reading and completing a Tp-CASTT over Seamus Heaney’s “Mid-Term Break”‘ answer the following open-ended questions in FULL COMPLETE SENTENCES along with TEXTUAL EVIDENCE
*question is located in the third file
NO plagiarism
Use the below template as a way to complete a TP-CASTT analysis over any given poem.
T
(TITLE)
Before reading the poem, identify what the title
could mean?
Apply the analysis to the given poem.
P
(PARAPHRASE)
Translate the poem on a literal level
Apply the analysis to the given poem
C
(CONNOTATION)
Extend the poem beyond the literal level;
emotional overtones of words, poetic devices
used?
Apply the analysis to the given poem
A
(ATTITUDE/TONE
)
Think about the speaker’s attitude
Apply the analysis to the given poem
S
(SHIFTS)
What are the changes in the speaker’s tone or
attitude?
Apply the analysis to the given poem
T
(TITLE x2)
Look at the title on an interpretive level. What
new insights does it provide in understanding the
poem?
Apply the analysis to the given poem
T
(THEME/
SUBJECT)
What is the author saying?
Apply the analysis to the given poem
AP Lit Skill Test- Imagery
“Mid-Term Break” by Seamus Heaney
Read the poem here and answer the question
below and questions on the following slides.
1. Which words contribute to the sensory details in this
poem?
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AP Lit Skill Test- Imagery
2. How might the following images form a comparison
through associations made with the senses?
a. “bells knelling” (2)
b. “The baby cooed and laughed and rocked the pram /
when I came in” (7-8)
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“ Mid-Term Break” by Seamus Heaney
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3. What does a set of images have in common so that the
images work together?
a. “coughed out angry tearless sighs” (13)
b. “Snowdrops / and candles soothed the bedside” (16-17)
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“ Mid-Term Break” by Seamus Heaney
AP Lit Skill Test- Imagery
4. What associations do the following images evoke?
a. “the corpse, stanched and bandaged by the nurses”
(15)
b. “Paler now, / wearing a poppy bruise on his left temple”
(18-19)
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AP Lit Skill Test- Imagery
5. How does this poem’s use of imagery emphasize the
speaker’s personal experience throughout a text?
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“Mid-Term Break” by Seamus Heaney