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In Robert McNeil’s
“The Trouble with Television,”
the title states
the theme of the piece:
there are problems with television. Sometimes stated directly
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Sometimes implied Through metaphor
Through simile
Through personification
Through imagery
Through tone of voice
Through symbols
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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 Back
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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.
--- Implied through personification Back
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Implied through tone of voice Back
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Implied through symbols Back
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Life is a yo-yo. It's a series of ups and downs. Implied through metaphors Back
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Implied through Imagery