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Rhetorical appeal is intended to persuade individuals to think a certain way, conduct themselves in a certain manner, or the purchase particular products. Unlike speech in which an individual relies on their persona and content of speech to get their point across to an audience or consumer, advertisements use images to enhance the impact and appeal of logos, ethos, and pathos.

The application of logos, ethos, and pathos are commonly utilized in rhetorical concepts that are used in any print advertisement to win the attention of the customer. They primarily is to convince the customer of the credibility of the persuader as well as creating an emotional response as well as trying to persuade an audience by reason. Print advertisement should be smart, containing a clever message, and with a curious image that will fascinate the thought of the expected readers at first-hand. For any advertising print to be credible and captivating there must be examples of evidence that whatever is displayed on the print is legitimate.

Logos, ethos, and pathos are essential components used in advertising. By learning to recognize logos, ethos, and pathos in advertising, we are able to understand the message and what is being portrayed. (Albert et al, 2014), suggested that Aristotle postulated that a speaker’s ability to effectively convince an audience is constructed on how well the speaker appeals to that audience in three different areas: logos, ethos, and pathos. These appeals together form what Aristotle calls a rhetorical triangle.

Over 17 million cars and trucks are sold around the world every year. Amongst the plethora of car companies aiming to convince shoppers that their car is paramount, marketing teams ought to go the extra mile. By developing a persuading advertisement, companies are more likely to sell their products. On February 6, 2011, Volkswagen aired a Superbowl commercial for the first time in over ten years. This commercial would be one that awakens the inner child of millions. By employing pathos, ethos, and logos rhetoric techniques, Volkswagen is able to appeal to consumers in order to sell their new car.

Old Sturbridge Village has been showcased in a number of articles, demonstrating that an advertisement for Old Sturbridge Village is correctly placed. A large majority of the audience of this magazine are people who are interested in visiting popular areas in the New England region for the reason of learning about the history and culture of the area. This audience will be easily swayed and attracted to the use of language and rhetorical appeals in the advertisement. The use of language and phrases such as “Make History,” (citation) are cleverly designed to promise something to the target audience. In “The Rhetoric of Advertising” the author details on the techniques used to make these promises seem attainable. While the phrases used are not specifically detailed in (Language Acts reading) many of the same principles apply. In the advertisement the text and image have a primary rhetorical appeal to attract potential consumers, and that primary appeal is pathos. Pathos is utilized in order to generate an emotional response to give the audience a need to wish to experience and learn about a simpler

Advertisements are supposed to grab the attention of its specific group of interest. They can appear to the reader or viewers’ logic, emotions, or ethical appeal, and usually car companies use ethos to show show the credibility of their cars and service. Nissan succeeded at appealing to the viewers’ emotions, but the emotions were not in favor of their product. The advertisement was an overall failure due to its misrepresentation of African American culture, promotion of ignorance about the Black Experience, and neglect to push Nissan’s product.

My advertisement was for the book In Depth: The American Revolution. With this ad, we used humor, patriotism, and snob appeal. The message was that you would do better in history/social studies and would “give you the inside scoop of the life of the founding fathers.” We mainly focused on a historical standpoint to get the message across. The ad was using elements from other interpretations for a not-so obvious humor appeal. I’ve noticed that the ad was mainly pathos and ethos, but mainly pathos.

Aristotle believed that all writing is persuasive and the techniques used to get the point across fall into three different categories Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. Advertisements are constructed to appeal to a target audience, who can relate or are moved from the advertisements point. Reebok’s advertisement in Men’s Health magazine October 2015 edition is a prime example of Aristotle’s beliefs. Reebok designed the advertisement appealing to middle age male viewers; who dream of being a famous professional athlete, by using a professional athlete, persuasive color appeal and a cliché of logos.

Cadillac is an American motor car division that markets luxury and innovative vehicles around the world. Cadillac has thrived in fabricating and establishing Cadillacs brand personality with traits such as "bold, innovative, and prestige" luxury vehicles. This Ad is attempting to influence individuals with comparable traits. The Ad takes place in a modern opulent house with a large swimming pool portraying the life of a successful person. Since brands attract individuals with similar personality traits it makes it clear that the car "is for crazy driven hard-working believers" thus if people believe of themselves as being driven and hardworking they should compensate themselves with a luxury car because they have earned it.

A study was done using the rhetoric in advertisement today. The study was done to investigate how rhetoric values can be found within a few controversial ad settings. This jest of this study is to

In addition to appealing to the rhetorical appeal logos, I also tried to build credibility and trust with the reader, hence using the rhetorical appeal ethos. To do this, I tried to

Chances are you’ve seen many of Ford’s flashy cars arounds or heard the roar of a powerful Ford Mustang GT350 barrel past you on the freeway, its bright white standing out amongst the dull plain colored cars. Well, Ford has been around for over 100 years and have been going strong in this multi-billion dollar industry. In particular Ford’s F series line of trucks have been the best selling truck for the last thirty years. A reason why Ford’s series of F trucks have been so popular is Ford’s massively successful Ad campaign compared to their competitors Chevy and GM. Ford is a maker of cars for all types of people. Ford has made cars for the people who want a powerful muscle car, a reliable van for their family, a truck to supplement the needs of their construction jobs, small sedans for everyday travel, and now new hybrids to bridge the gap of efficiency and power. Ford provides trucks from light-duty all the way up to super-duty trucks, which are basically tanks.To get the people of America interested in their cars, Ford uses multiple ad campaigns. In particular their F series of trucks is by far the most popular and I will be analyzing Ford’s use of rhetorical devices and modeling the use of rhetorical devices in a mock ad campaign. Rhetorical devices in advertisements are effective in convincing the consumer to use the intended product over the others. Additionally, the use of rhetorical devices is present in not only text-heavy ads you would see in a newspaper, but in

So in order to change people's viewpoint and attitude on this not so pretty car, an advertising campaign was developed.

The commercial has admirable intentions, and the strategy makes sense. According to me this advertisement has led to interest not only fathers but women or girls who would be willing to drive car one day. Being the only daughter it was an emotional appeal for me to see the girl competing with boys; and the father thinking about the position she would be

The Lexus vehicle, as shown in the advertisement above, is the overarching signifier within the text. It is the advertiser’s main objective to sell this vehicle, hence the product is the predominant focus that grasps the attention of the consumer. The denotation reinforces that a car is on sale, as it is in the centre of the image. In terms of the connotations, the paint covering the Lexus implies that this car brand is dominant and reigns at a prestigious level. A silver shade is renowned in Western society for signifying a position of social power. Even more so, the positioning