Post on 22-Feb-2016
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A universal message or truth about life
You can’t always get what you want
In Robert McNeil’s “The Trouble with Television,”
the title states the theme of the piece:
there are problems with television.
Sometimes stated directly
Sometimes implied
• Through metaphor• Through simile
• Through personification• Through imagery
• Through tone of voice • Through symbols
Dream DeferredWhat happens to a dream
deferred?Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore—and then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over—like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load Or does it just explode?
- Langston Hughes
Implied through simile
Sleeping in the Forest by Mary Oliver
I thought the earth remembered me,
she took me back so tenderly,arranging her dark skirts, her
pocketsfull of lichens and seeds.
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Implied through personification
Implied through tone of voice
Implied through symbols
• Life is a yo-yo. It's a series of ups and downs.
Implied through metaphors
Implied through Imagery