Consonance
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There is
consonance in the main body of the text in several places. Examples are “dry
desert” and “Through Summer sun and Winter wind”. This could be used to make
the ad more phonetically pleasing.
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Asyndeton
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Asyndeton
can be found in the main body of the text. For example, in the third paragraph,
it reads “It cleans so beautifully, there are never chemical residues to
cause that dull, lifeless look." I think this is being used to help
develop a certain style of speaking for the woman in the advertisement.
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Anticlimax
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There is
part of the main body that states “The texture comes out softer, fuller… and
there’s a lingering fragrance pure as morning air.” I think this is used to
highlight all the positive aspects of using the shampoo, with the focus on
the texture of the hair. The part about the fragrance isn’t as pertinent as
it doesn’t relate to the texture, so it’s anticlimactic.
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Simile
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The
statement that “… there’s a lingering fragrance pure as morning air” is a
simile. This compares the fragrance provided by the shampoo to the air in the
morning, which is meant to carry a positive connotation and get people to believe
that the shampoo smells nice.
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Hyperbole
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In the ad,
it mentions a “healthy look that everyone loves”. Surely not everyone loves that
look, so it is a hyperbole. This is used to exaggerate the positive effects
of using the shampoo in that it says that using will make everyone love your
look.
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Hue
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The
colors used in the ad are mostly dark, earthy colors like brown, green and tan. This is used to portray the ad as
something that ties into to nature.
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Flat
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The ad
itself is flat and contains no illusion of depth. This, I believe, is in
order to keep the ad both simple and visually easy to comprehend.
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Grounding
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The
image of the woman contains a form of grounding, as it has a foreground and a
background. The woman is in the foreground with a mural or painting of cacti
in the background. This is to allow the viewer to associate the woman and cactus.
This could be used to portray that the woman is in touch with nature.
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Eye
level
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The
woman in the ad is eye level with the reader. This could be used to convey a
sense that the woman is speaking directly to the viewer.
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Medium
shots
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The
woman in the image is shown from the torso up. I believe this is used in this
ad to show the length of her hair without any unnecessary detail.
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Abstraction
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All the
presented images are real, save for the cactus in the background of the large
image. I think this is important when trying to advertise for hair care
products.
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Bold
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The header
of the ad is bolded, as it is supposed to call attention to the ad and
provide the basic premise of the ad.
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Sans Serif
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All of the text in the ad is sans serif. I believe this is intended
to keep the text from becoming compact and hard to read. This helps to keep
the individual letters in the words distinguishable from each other.
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This blog will be filled with data analysis samples created by students in my COMM 274 class at TLU. You will see a variety of types of rhetorical analysis methods on display here.
Links to rhetorical tools:
Here are links to the rhetorical tools used in this class:
Monday, January 28, 2019
Yucca-dew Shampoo
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Based on the information you posted and the overall picture of the ad, an argument I think you could make involves how people are constantly driven by greed to do things in life. I say this because this American Indian happily gave up the secret to her hair and helped commercialize it into a product to be sold. She sold out a secret passed down through generations in order to reap the profit within reach for her.
ReplyDeleteLooking at this ad and the information that you provided, I believe an argument you might consider could be the fact that even though they tried to show diversity by having the face of the ad as a beautiful American Indian, it is still targeted towards only white women with the typically straight long hair. The ad doesn’t contain any consideration or information about other hair types that may be curly or course.
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