1. A universal message or truth about life
You can’t always get
what you want

2. In Robert McNeil’s
“The Trouble with Television,”
the title states
the theme of the piece:
there are problems with television.
Sometimes stated directly

3. Sometimes implied
• Through metaphor
• Through simile
• Through personification
• Through imagery
• Through tone of voice
• Through symbols

4. 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 simile

5. 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 personification

6. Implied through tone of voice

7. Implied through symbols

8. • Life is a yo-yo. It's a series of
ups and downs.
Implied through metaphors

9. Implied through Imagery

10. Implied through Imagery