Presentation Transcript
Slide 1:A universal message or truth about life
Slide 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
Slide 3:Sometimes implied Through metaphor
Through simile
Through personification
Through imagery
Through tone of voice
Through symbols
Slide 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 Back
Slide 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.
--- Implied through personification Back
Slide 6:Implied through tone of voice Back
Slide 7:Implied through symbols Back
Slide 8:Life is a yo-yo. It's a series of ups and downs. Implied through metaphors Back
Slide 9:Implied through Imagery