Introduction:
Sprite is everywhere but you never hear anyone talk about Sprite. There’s no mythos around Sprite like there is with Coke or Pepsi, just a conspiracy of silence and the belief that athletes like to drink TV static during or after a workout.
Preview:
I’m going to be breaking down the ad to determine why there are multiple sports inside a bottle of Sprite when athletes clearly try to stray away from sodas, why they’re using the word ‘freaky,’ and what target audience are they hoping to reach with the rewards program.
Credibility:
My experience in this would be that I do play Tennis and can honestly say that I crave electrolytes and water after a workout, not a soda; but I also do love Sprite because it’s a white soda and “helps” with sickness—the dark sodas like Coke and Dr. Pepper are so disgusting (not sure how this can help but maybe it could?).
Thesis:
Body:
1. Tropes: Understatement—Litotes // Irony—Epitrope
2. Several people wanted to boycott Sprite because they were following the trends set by other soda companies—no originality was put into their ads. CITE
3. Most soda ads in the early 2000’s look to be targeting athletic people—relation. The language used seems to mostly target young teens/kids. Sprite uses its own bottle shape filled with images of sports in their green hue making it symbolic in a way that screams “drink me”.
Conclusion:
Drink Sprite and you’ll be fit and athletic like the people in the bottle, or how about after a nice workout lets down a bottle of Sprite to “quench your thirst,” but don’t forget that if you also drink this you could get “freaky” and buy WHATEVER you want with the rewards on the cap.
Your outline looks good but I would add transitions into it. I also think you have to many sentences in your outline. If you get stuck and need a fast reminder of where you are it may be hard since your material is in big chunks and not short sentences or a couple words. During credibility you also want to talk about vroomans chart since you are using his work when discussing your Ad.
ReplyDeleteLooking at this from the perspective of I am giving a speech with this outline in 10 minutes the first thought that comes to mind is that the sub points of each category are to long for my personal taste. I feel that I might get lost in my own outline and not be able to efficiently and effectively communicate from my outline to my speech. However, the depth of this outline is comprehensive and clearly communicates the authors arguments. My main suggestions would be to add transitions between each category, reduce the length of the sub points, add specific citations, and add a brief idea for your thesis.
ReplyDeleteThis outline looks great! My one concern is that it could become a script. I would be tempted to just read word for word when an outline is as detailed as this. Make sure to reference the chart!
ReplyDeleteThe amount of content in here is great, the only problem is that it might be too much, at least for the outline. You can most definitely look to mention all of things you typed out within your presentation, but don't overdo it on paper to the point where you try to memorize it or worse read right off your outline. Look to add citations and try to find that thesis that works for you and your presentation. The ideas and content is there for a great presentation, just take some of those words off the paper and incorporate them within what you want to get across to us.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with what everyone else has said. The outline itself looks good and you know what you want to talk about. However, I think you do run into the risk of reading it like a script or looking down at it and possibly getting lost. I would recommend cutting back on some of the wording that you have in the outline and make it more into point as well as adding in some transitions between each part of your speech.
ReplyDeleteI also have to agree with everyone else. I think what you have is good, but it does look like a script. You could get mixed up and it would be a little difficult to find where you were at. And don't forget to include transitions. But other than that, I think it looks good.
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