ON MONDAY DECEMBER 12 YOU HAVE A TEST ON THESE TERMS
Persuasive Techniques in Advertising
The following are some more specific strategies that advertisers use. Often, they
overlap with the rhetorical devices of logos, ethos and pathos.
1. Avante Garde
The suggestion that using this product puts the user ahead of the times. A toy
manufacturer encourages kids to be the first on their block to have a new toy.
2. Weasel Words
“Weasel words” are used to suggest a positive meaning without actually really
making any guarantee. A scientist says that a diet product might help you to lose
weight the way it helped him to lose weight. A dish soap leaves dishes virtually
spotless.
3. Magic Ingredients
The suggestion that some almost miraculous discovery makes the product
exceptionally effective. A pharmaceutical manufacturer describes a special coating
that makes their pain reliever less irritating to the stomach than a competitor’s.
4. Patriotism
The suggestion that purchasing this product shows your love of your country. A
company brags about its product being made in America.
5. Transfer
Positive words, images, and ideas are used to suggest that the product being sold is
also positive. A textile manufacturer wanting people to wear their product to stay
cool during the summer shows people wearing fashions made from their cloth at a
sunny seaside setting where there is a cool breeze.
6. Plain Folks
The suggestion that the product is a practical product of good value for ordinary
people. A cereal manufacturer shows an ordinary family sitting down to breakfast
and enjoying their product.
7. Snob Appeal
The suggestion that the use of the product makes the customer part of an elite
group with a luxurious and glamorous lifestyle. A coffee manufacturer shows
people dressed in formal gowns and tuxedos drinking their brand at an art gallery.
8. Bribery
Bribery offers you something “extra.” Buy a burger; get free fries.
9. Bandwagon
The suggestion that you should join the crowd or be on the winning side by using a
product—you don’t want to be the only person without it!
The following are some more specific strategies that advertisers use. Often, they
overlap with the rhetorical devices of logos, ethos and pathos.
1. Avante Garde
The suggestion that using this product puts the user ahead of the times. A toy
manufacturer encourages kids to be the first on their block to have a new toy.
2. Weasel Words
“Weasel words” are used to suggest a positive meaning without actually really
making any guarantee. A scientist says that a diet product might help you to lose
weight the way it helped him to lose weight. A dish soap leaves dishes virtually
spotless.
3. Magic Ingredients
The suggestion that some almost miraculous discovery makes the product
exceptionally effective. A pharmaceutical manufacturer describes a special coating
that makes their pain reliever less irritating to the stomach than a competitor’s.
4. Patriotism
The suggestion that purchasing this product shows your love of your country. A
company brags about its product being made in America.
5. Transfer
Positive words, images, and ideas are used to suggest that the product being sold is
also positive. A textile manufacturer wanting people to wear their product to stay
cool during the summer shows people wearing fashions made from their cloth at a
sunny seaside setting where there is a cool breeze.
6. Plain Folks
The suggestion that the product is a practical product of good value for ordinary
people. A cereal manufacturer shows an ordinary family sitting down to breakfast
and enjoying their product.
7. Snob Appeal
The suggestion that the use of the product makes the customer part of an elite
group with a luxurious and glamorous lifestyle. A coffee manufacturer shows
people dressed in formal gowns and tuxedos drinking their brand at an art gallery.
8. Bribery
Bribery offers you something “extra.” Buy a burger; get free fries.
9. Bandwagon
The suggestion that you should join the crowd or be on the winning side by using a
product—you don’t want to be the only person without it!
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