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Title: 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
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