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A Chance to Rant
Your opportunity to write your own jeremiad
Basic Structure
Your jeremiad must include the basic parts of the form:
1. Present a biblical or spiritual (or personal) ideal for
behavior
2. Describe the ways individuals or communities have
fallen short
3. Provide a vision for the ideal life that would result
from a return to the standard
Tone
Your jeremiad must follow an appropriate course
regarding tone from start to finish. Your initial tone
should be urgent/critical/condemning and should
transition to hopeful/imploring.
Model #1: Edwards’s fire and brimstone
• Spend 60 to 75 percent of your piece on the
condemnation and impending doom of society’s fall
from standards.
• Rely heavily on the figurative language to establish a
dire picture of the future.
• Use rhetorical questions in the positive call to
redemption
Model #2: Webb’s playful satire
• About a fourth of the way through your piece begin to hint at
the playful/sarcastic nature of your writing.
• Implement a structure that uses the 4 bullet point analysis –
No, you are not limited to 4. 3 or 5 would also be ok. 
• Use figurative language to create comic effect and reference
popular culture.
• Use rhetorical questions in the examination of the fall from
grace; build momentum with multiple NO questions in a row.
Requirements
• Between 500 and 750 words
• Incorporation of figurative language (simile, metaphor,
analogy, etc.) - at least three examples
• Incorporation of imagery
• Incorporate rhetorical questions (at least 2)