2. A universal message or truth about life You cant always get what you want

3. In Robert McNeils The Trouble with Television, the title states the theme of the piece: there are problems with television. Sometimes stated directly

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Implied through tone of voice

8. Implied through symbols

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

10. Implied through Imagery