1. AP Literature and Composition “It’s a ‘To be or not to be’ Tuesday!”
April 16, 2013 – Mr. Houghteling

2. The most famous speech in all of history? TP-CASTT!
AGENDA
The most famous speech in all of history?
TP-CASTT!

3. First Reading Annotate as you listen to the soliloquy.
Try to notice elements of TONE and mark any questions or comments you may have directly on the handout.

4. Individualized Choral Reading
Read the soliloquy aloud until you encounter an endmark:
a COLON :
a QUESTION MARK ?
a SEMI-COLON ;
a PERIOD . or
an EXCLAMATION POINT !

5. To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;

6. Create your own TP-CASTT sheet
TITLE—with the title of Hamlet, what is this soliloquy about?
PARAPHRASE—on the text itself!
CONNOTATION—look for literary devices.
ATTITUDE—that means TONE!
SHIFT—where does it happen? What is its effect?
TITLE—revisit the title.
THEME—what are we supposed to get from this?

7. TP-CASTT
Title? HAMLET Paraphrase—by endmark. Connotation—Figurative language + ? Attitude—DICTION = TONE Shift—Where is he going? Where did he change directions? Title? Still HAMLET, but… Theme: What is the big picture?

8. FINISH YOUR TP-CASTT FOR HOMEWORK!
Title? HAMLET
Paraphrase—by endmark.
Connotation—Figurative language + ?
Attitude—DICTION = TONE
Shift—Where is he going? Where did he change directions?
Title? Still HAMLET, but…
Theme: What is the big picture?
FINISH YOUR TP-CASTT FOR HOMEWORK!