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Persuasive Rant

Persuasive Rant. Persuasive Rant. Rationale: A rant is a semi-angry (and often very sarcastic) spoken editorial whereby the speaker takes issue with something with which he/she doesn’t agree or something he/she would like to see changed (policies, attitudes, rules, laws, choices, etc).

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Persuasive Rant

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  1. Persuasive Rant

  2. Persuasive Rant • Rationale: • A rant is a semi-angry (and often very sarcastic) spoken editorial whereby the speaker takes issue with something with which he/she doesn’t agree or something he/she would like to see changed (policies, attitudes, rules, laws, choices, etc). • Often, a rant will appear in a news broadcast and is created in response to a topic which has meaning to the author. Think of the Rick Mercer Report and his weekly rants about politics and other Canadian oddities.

  3. Persuasive Rants • Some characteristics of successful rants: • They are usually written to encourage people (in government, in society, in a country to make some sort of change OR to at least become aware of some injustice. • They are very opinionated and one-sided, usually only addressing a narrow side of an issue. • They tend to take an angry (and/or sometimes sarcastic) tone. • They are very critical of the topic in question (again, think of Rex Murphy and Rick Mercer). • They tend to be laced with rhetorical devices, attempting to urge the audience to agree with the writer’s opinions by appealing to logic and emotions.

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