Week Six- Jeremiad
Hello again,
Sorry today’s prompt is a little late; I was out all day. However, I got back in time to tell you all about today’s word, jeremiad. Here is the definition on the Merriam-Webster site:
Jeremiad refers to a long cautionary or angry rant about something. It can also refer to a similarly prolonged lamentation, or expression of great sorrow or deep sadness.
// His jeremiad about trivial problems with the campsite didn’t go over well with his friends.
This week, you have a choice. You can either use the word jeremiad in a sentence of paragraph, as usual, or you can write about a character giving a jeremiad. I’ve done the latter, and here’s my example:
(Please note: this is just an abridged version of my full snippet (it’s still very long though). I kind of got carried away lol. This contains a major spoiler for my WIP Allure of the Depths (which you might not even get because idk if I’ve mentioned Eira yet). Sorry!)
Eira chuckled, her grip around Nerida tightening as she pressed her blade up to her spasming gills, “You’re calling me a monster? You really think that I’m the monster? Look at yourself Azul! You’re not even a human anymore. You’ve betrayed your people to go off and chase your degenerate childhood daydreams. Sirens are inhuman, they are barbarians, they are scum. And you have the audacity to preach about how we should make peace with these vermin and shun hunters like me. I am the one protecting my country, you are the one playing around with the savages plotting our downfall.”
Have fun and stay inspired!
Jeremiad? What in the WORD (yes, I spelled that the way I wanted--word instead of world because we're writers and don't you forget it. :D). I'm not sure I know how to use this...
Well, here goes.
King Silvan flicked open the letter and fished out its contents. He unfolded the letter and began to read.
"Counfound the peasants!" He exclaimed, slamming the papyrus onto the table. "Yet another one of these blasted jeremiads on the Enslavement Act!"