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    In the article, written by the Onion, it drastically exaggerated the products towards customers with sarcasm, unrealistic data, and humor to elaborate the consistency of advertisers assuming low intelligence of the customers. Marketing is known for its broad way of advertising their products with realistic positive statistics. Bright ways to emphasize the item will be stereotypical motives to draw towards a specific crowd if needed to. Marketing categories is known for trying to bring in all kinds

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    Brown Onion Theme

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    afraid of. In “Learning to Skate” and “Brown Onions” the theme is similar, however, there are differences in the authors’ approach to the theme. In text one, Linda was panicking about going ice skating. Her mother loved it and forced her to go with her father, and she hated it. On the other hand, she still had a good time afterwards. In text two, Erika didn’t like onions, but her dad loved them and he made a deal with her. Eventually, she tried the onion and asked for more. In both texts, the theme

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    Brown Onions Theme

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    Skate” and “Brown Onions” the theme is similar while the approach to it is different. In text one, Linda hated ice skating and always avoided it. Then her mother made her go with her father, she kept on falling and falling until she finally got up and jumped over the side of the rink so she could sit and wait for her father. In text two, Erika hated onions, although her dad caramelized them every Friday night. One day she told him to stop. They made a deal for her to try the onions and she ended up

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    Brown Onion Theme

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    The Day That My Parents Made Me Try Something New! Have you ever been forced by your parents to try anything? The “The Learning Skate” and the “Brown Onion” are similar because at the beginning of the story, Linda and Erika don’t like something and their parents are trying to make them do it. The theme is that you have to try new things even if you think that you might not like it, but it might be good. However, the difference is the author's approach to the theme. In text one, her mother was being

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    Extracting Onion Dna

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    Extraction of DNA from an Onion Molecular biologists and biochemists are involved with research in finding out as much as possible about the DNA in plants. DNA was discovered in the 1950’s, there still remains a lot to be known about it, especially how it is used to determine the physical traits that we all have, and how it regulates the workings of the body. deoxyribonucleic acid is a chemical, we can do reactions with it just like we can work with any other chemical. Experiment: Note:

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    Brown Onions Theme

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    Skate” and “Brown Onions” there are similarities and differences. In text one, Linda didn’t like ice skating, so her mother dropped a pair of skates in Linda’s lap and forced her to go skating with her father. In text two, Erika didn’t like onions because of the smell, so her father made a deal with her that if she tried the onions and didn’t like them, then he would eat anything that she wanted him to. In both texts, the theme is the same. In “Learning to Skate” and “Brown Onions” the theme is “You

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    the information the way that they believe will attract more views. Cell phone creators were able to change how contacting someone over the phone from only a specific place into being able to do so at anytime and anywhere. Newspaper creators of The Onion take a different approach than the makers of cell phones on how they attract their consumers but they have both changed to adhere to the time period.

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    The critique in the article by The Onion is revolved around marketing techniques such as outrageous claims that advertisers make in an attempt to convince their audience to buy their product. This critique is made using a sarcastic tone and caricatures of the characters commonly seen in commercials. Not only are caricatures and hyperboles used but also a use of overly scholarly language to make the product out to be much more than it’s worth. Throughout the parody of a shoe insert commercial, the

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    In 1999, The Onion released a mock press release to satirize how products are marketed to consumers. Companies take advantage of the uneducated and gullible audiences by using jargon, exaggerating customer’s reviews, and official “experts”. In the first section of the authors article, he/she exaggerates the greatness of their product by saying, “Its patented Magna-grid design, which features more than 200 isometrically aligned Contour Points, actually soothes while it heals, restoring the foot’s

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    Quotes From The Onion

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    Commercials and ads showcase many products. They have one goal: to sell. This means that companies will do whatever they (legally) can to get customers. A The Onion article critiques how products are marketed to consumers falsely, with lies and deceit. To further explain, the author does this through the exaggeration of quotes from said “consumers,” as well as using providing sarcasm through the fake product “Magnasoles.” However, these are the strategies that actually work, but why? This article

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