A universal message or truth about life

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A universal message or truth about life
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Sometimes stated directly
In Robert McNeils The Trouble with
Television, the title states the theme of the
piece there are problems with television.
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Sometimes implied

• Through metaphor
• Through simile
• Through personification
• Through imagery
• Through tone of voice
• Through symbols

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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

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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
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Implied through symbols
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Implied through metaphors

• Life is a yo-yo. It's a series of ups and downs.

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Implied through Imagery