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Comparison of Two Advertisements

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A Comparison of Two Advertisements The Oxford dictionary definition of ‘advertise’ is: “To promote (goods or services) publicly to increase sales.” But is it more than that? I think that the meaning of advertising is forever changing, as the consumer becomes more demanding and the producer becomes more ‘devious’ in the ways they promote the product they are trying to sell. Now, I believe that advertising means: trying to sell products to people whether or not they set out to buy them in the first place. I think that advertising often glorifies the product so people are almost ‘tricked’ into buying it, thinking that they are buying much more than they actually are. Advertising is the most successful way of selling a product, mainly …show more content…

In the Alfa Romeo advert, I think the copy aims at a younger audience than the Citroen advert. I think this is more for people in their twenties who are not as much worried about the safety of the car as its style and speed. The tone of the Citroen advert is direct, and I think is probably written by someone who could work for the company, who knows what they are talking about. However, the tone of the Alfa advert is more friendly and a little less direct and technical than Citroen. It talks about ‘elegant styling’, ‘impressive performance’ and ‘outstanding handling’ – subjective words, but it still makes you think that it must be a great car if someone can say these things about it. The Citroen advert has a picture of a car driving through some ‘polystyrene balls’ in the middle of the page. I think this adds to the theme of safety in the car, because of the association of polystyrene with safe packaging for transportation. The colours are mainly ‘cool’ colours, like blue/green colours, which work very well in an advert for a safe car rather than reds, oranges, etc. The words at the top of the advert are just saying what the product is and doesn’t take the attention away from the image. The wording is quite plain, too: ‘The new look Citroen Xsara. Visit your Citroen dealership now.’ They do not take the reader’s eye away from the car, which is the main object. However, the slogan does not really relate to the image, it is instead just informing

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