RANTING and RAVING…

RANT (Cambridge Dictionary) =

to speak, write or shout in a loud, uncontrolled, or angry way, often saying confused or silly things:
EXAMPLES:

• He’s always ranting (on) about the government.
• I get fed up with my mother ranting and raving (about my clothes) all the time.

WATCH THE FOLLOWING 17 RANTS IN 4 MINUTES FROM THE VLOGBROTHERS (John and Hank Green) and ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN THE PDF

“17 RANTS IN 4 MINUTES”

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NOW CREATE YOUR OWN RANT!

INSTRUCTIONS: USE VOKI (or any other free speaking avatar creators you know of) TO MAKE YOUR OWN RANT. VOKI ALLOWS A MAXIMUM TIME OF 1 MINUTE. VOKI – create an account and start on your Voki rant!!! If anyone would like to do a video and upload it to YouTube or similar! If you like, you can just send me a recording (WAV or MP3 format) or record your rant on Vocaroo and send me the generated link/ QR code.

YOU CAN RANT ABOUT ONE THING OR VARIOUS (related or unrelated).

USE YOUR OWN VOICE!

(You can upload audio or record it directly on the website. The first option is usually better. Formats supported: wav, wma, pcm, mp3)

IF YOU NEED LONGER FOR YOUR RANT, MAKE TWO (OR MORE) VOKIS!

WHEN YOU’VE FINISHED, SEND THE LINK/S TO YOUR RANT IN THE COMMENT THREAD. DON’T FORGET TO SAY WHO YOU ARE!

DEADLINE: 5th November 2023

SYNONYMS to help you. Try to use some of these words to introduce each rant.

VERBS:

infuriate, incense, anger, annoy, irritate, madden, enrage, send into a rage, inflame, antagonize, provoke, irk, vex, gall, pique, try someone’s patience, get on someone’s nerves, make someone’s blood boil, make someone’s hackles rise, make someone see red, get someone’s back up, rub up the wrong way, ruffle someone’s feathers, drive to distraction

coloquial: aggravate, drive mad, drive crazy, bug, needle, rile, miff, hack off, get to, get at, get under someone’s skin, get someone’s goat, rattle someone’s cage, get someone’s dander up

Britanico coloquial: nark, wind up, get on someone’s wick, get up someone’s nose, put someone’s nose out of joint, give someone the hump

ADJECTIVES:

exasperated, irritated, annoyed, irked, put out, peeved, piqued, disgruntled

discontented, discouraged, disheartened, depressed

bored, weary, tired

coloquial hacked off, cheesed off, brassed off, narked

Britanico coloquial not best pleased

malsonante pissed off

HERE ARE SOME OF MY STUDENTS- RANTS!!!

VICTORIA

FLOR

INTRODUCTION

FLOR

RANT

ANTONIO