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For my final I chose the Anti-Nuclear movement. This social movement targets nuclear power and weapons stating that they are destroying lives and societies all around the world. The persuasive functions I used within my artifact was transforming perceptions of social reality, specifically perceptions of the present and the future trying to transform the social norm of people being under the influence that society needs to rely on nuclear energy for power and weapons for protection. Also my artifact tries to transform the future by saying that if we transform our social reality in the present and stop nuclear energy and weapon we can transform the future society for the better. Also my artifact uses perception of victimage by showing the damage and death that has been caused to families and children from nuclear reactors meltdowns (Fukushima and Chernobyl were two examples I used) and providing photos of what nuclear radiation does to the victims of fallout/meltdowns of nuclear powers and weapons. The strategies and tactics I used within my artifact were an identification tactic by at the end of my pamphlet I stated "only YOU" can stop nuclear power and another statement saying "together we can help the environment" thus establishing a feeling of comradery. Also I gave examples and various facts of  how nuclear power is harming the environment and hurting the U.S. economy, also it gives historical examples of how nuclear meltdowns destroy lives thus framing nuclear power as a cause of horror and death to all these lives. Also I framed nuclear power to the destruction of nature and the environment by showing how nuclear power plants pollute the atmosphere and sea through showing pictures and stating facts of nuclear waste in the ocean and pollutants in the sky from nuclear reactors. The genre I chose to carry out my rhetorical message is a 3 sided pamphlet. I chose to make a pamphlet because I thought this was the easiest to hand out to people in public, rather than tell them to physically go on a computer and look up a website or sit someone down and show them a slide show. Also I personally felt that with a 3 sided pamphlet I could easily and quickly provide quick facts and information and pictures that wouldn't bore the person reading through it. The conventions of the genre that I chose were an introduction that told the audience what my movement stands for followed by a small paragraph that gave facts and small bits of information that show how nuclear reactors and waste destroys the environment and hurts the U.S. economy. The inside of the pamphlet, after the introduction is followed by examples of Fukushima and Chernobyl to provide information and a historical context of what horrors nuclear power can do. On the back of the pamphlet it provides a 'slogan' of how YOU can help and provide service to the movement and stop the use of nuclear power and weaponry. Also in the end an email and phone number is provided that you can contact. Lastly the whole pamphlet itself is yellow, with anti-nuclear symbols on each corner and as a center piece of the first page showing a form symbolism of how much the movement wants to end the use of nuclear energy and weaponry. Also on the back, where the contact information is placed is pictures of a city ravaged by nuclear fallout and a doll holding a sign with the saying "stop killing the future" providing strong tactic to reach out and transform the social reality of the audience to stop thinking that the use of nuclear energy is beneficial to any form of life.