Thesis Machine Author verb technique in order to verb big idea verb technique verb … of big idea asserts allusion advocate… age integrity characterizes characters that face similar… argue… aristocracy justice combines characters that share… assert… beauty liberty creates characters who must… challenge… being life depicts characters who are… classify… change nature describes defamiliarization communicate… citizenship peace emphasizes diction compare… community progress employs direct address consider… control prudence exploits false documents define… courage punishment focuses on flashback determine… curiosity responsibility invokes flash-forward develop… custom or tradition revolution isolates foreshadowing dispute… death sin joins genre elements distinguish… democracy slavery links images of… dramatize… desire soul portrays magic realism emphasize… duty temperance presents parody evaluate… equality (moderation; restricts pathos evolve… existence balance) sets forth personification exploit… family time simplifies plots in which … explore… fate tragedy uses plots that … find… God truth writes about poetic justice join… good and evil tyranny or despotism satire link… government virtue and vice settings in which… portray… growing up war settings that are… prove… happiness wealth settings that… reflect… honor will side story represent… humanity wisdom story within a story represent… individuality work or labor tone restore… injustice youth reveal… show… speculate… symbolize… An example… John Steinbeck in Of Mice and Men writes about characters that face similar hardships in order to explore the good and evil of community. .