Transcript A universal message or truth about life You can`t always get what

A universal message or truth about life
You can’t always get
what you want
Sometimes stated directly
In Robert McNeil’s
“The Trouble with Television,”
the title states
the theme of the piece:
there are problems with television.
Sometimes implied
• Through metaphor
• Through simile
• Through personification
• Through imagery
• Through tone of voice
• Through symbols
Implied through simile
Dream Deferred
What 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 sags
like a heavy load
Or does it just explode?
- Langston
Hughes
Implied through personification
Sleeping in the Forest
by Mary Oliver
I thought the earth remembered
me,
she took me back so tenderly,
arranging her dark skirts, her
pockets
full of lichens and seeds.
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Implied through tone of voice
Implied through symbols
Implied through metaphors
• Life is a yo-yo. It's a series of
ups and downs.
Implied through Imagery