Links to rhetorical tools:

Here are links to the rhetorical tools used in this class:

Schemes & Tropes -- Perelman & Olbrechts-Tyteca -- Fallacies -- Burke -- Rhetorical Toolbox -- Conspiracy Rhetorics

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Draft 1 - Outline - JL

 

  1. SAY THIS TO GET THEIR ATTENTION:

    1. Talk about anxiety 

    2. Limbic system

    3. How it relates to advertising 

  2. OK, JL, NOW PREVIEW MAIN POINTS DUDE

    1. Subconscious processing of emotive stimulus

    2. Devices, schemes and tropes

    3. How do those two connect?

  3. SHOW THEM YOU’RE CREDIBLE

    1. Expert on Vrooman’s chart

    2. Communication and psychology major

    3. Anxiety 

  4. CONNECT-THE-DOTS

    1. “Now that I have you thinking about all the ads that possibly influenced you subconsciously, let’s take a look at this coffee ad from the 40s and how devices and tropes were used in order to seduce people back then.

  5. WORK THAT BODY 

    1. Style

    2. Visuals

    3. How the work in conjunction 

  6. CONNECT-THE-DOTS 



  1. CONCLUSION

    1. Think of psychological closure (TBD)

Sanka Coffee Outline Rough Draft - Ad #23

Click on the link below to review a draft of my device chart and a copy of the ad.

Introduction:

  • Attention Getter : Caffine. The wonderful stimulant that gives us a pep in our step. It wakes up our brain in the morning, pushes us through a long day of work, fuels our allnighters, and sometimes it's just dang delicious. But as wonderful as caffeine is, there will always be some unwanted side effects. The caffeine crash.
  • Preview : The developers of Sanka's coffee were aware of this ugly side effect and attempted to grab the attention of consumers in the 1930's with their Sanka's Coffee ad. I will be analyzing how the ad's tries to convince viewers that their coffee is the best through their use of tropes, visuals, and types.
  • Credibility : I'm a Communications major who has been studying Professor Vrooman's chart of schemes and tropes for over a week.

Body:

  • Piece 1 : Tropes
    • Subpoint : Use of Enallage
    • Subpoint : Use of Enumeratio
    • Subpoint : Use of Anthypopora
    • Subpoint : Use of Antiphrasis
    • Piece 2 : Visuals
      • Subpoint : Use of high contrast
      • Subpoint : Use of close up shot
      • Subpoint : Use of closed space
    • Piece 3 : Types
      • Subpoint : Use of style (bold)
      • Subpoint : Use of style (italics)
      • Subpoint : Use of emphasis (underlining)

    Conclusion:

    • Thesis : TBD
    • Psych Closer/Clincher : TBD

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    Things to possibly talk about in speech:

    • The conversation around caffeine in the 1930s. Why would decaffinated coffee be relevant or draw in interest from consumers?
    • Was there a desire by consumers to drink coffee later on in the day/night?
    • Use of implied racial stereotypes at (1)
    • This ad implies that coffee is for men.
    • Ad implies that a "good wife" would not serve her husband caffinated coffee.

    Speaking Ouline Rough Draft


    Speaking Outline



    Intro/ Attention getter: Please find a great one 


    Thesis: There are a few things that work and others that don't work


    Schemes and tropes used: 

    Bold 

    To catch the eye 

    enumeratio

    Detailing parts of the argument




    Intensifiers


    Suggests strength of feeling


    Climax

    Increasing importance

    Focalizer

    Pulls the eye

    Flat: No Depth

    Space: full

    Eye-level

    Realistic


    Hue:

    Bright yellow

    Bright red

    Saturation:

    High/ bright colors


    The types of color and saturation used in the ad 


    Conclusion: 

    • The Ad is messy and all over the place 

    • Visuals being used 

    • How it works together 


    Nescafé #15 Outline Jessica Bailey Hudgeons

     


    Ad Analysis Outline Rough Draft

     

                       Intro/ Attention getter: Did you know Benjamin Franklin was the related to the Folger family? (via Huff Post)

    Folger's is a very mundane/ boring name- lead into why they would need a spontaneous ad such as lightning striking a house to get a viewer's attention. 

                       Connect the comic/scattered-like structure of the ad with the scattered story being presented by Folgers 

                      Lead into rhetorical devices found in ad// explain who those rhetorical devices identify as the companies "target market"

                       Connect rhetorical devices to "bigger picture" / motivation behind the ad (besides selling more coffee)

                        Conclude with success of company/ reasons why they are still prominent in the coffee industry today

                             

    Coffee Outline Ad. #22 (rough draft)

     Introduction:

    Attention Getter

    • Goats 800 A.D.

    Preview 

    • Visuals, types, tropes (Vrooman Chart)

    Credibility

    • Thorough research and coffee addict

    Thesis

    *connective*

    Body:

    Visuals

    • Figures 

      • “Respectable, common customers of Nescafé”

    • Angle

      • Creating common ground

    *connective*

    Types

    • Style

      • Bold, Italic, Underline

    *connective*

    Tropes

    • Puns

    *connective*

    Conclusion:

    Restate Thesis

    • Traditional Ideology

    • 2nd leading beverage (Live Minty)

    FIRST OUTLINE COFFEE AD

    ATTENTION GETTER : 

    Spouse #1: Honey, this coffee tastes like dirt. Spouse #2: That's not surprising, dear, it was just ground this morning.

     

    Transiton / preview :  talking about the ads overall scheme

     

    Thesis : later

     

    Credibility: chart studying and ad anyalsis

     

    1.     Talk about the schemes used

     

    -      Aliteration / consance - 

     

    -      Emphatics / epizeuxis 

     

    -       Arrangement / climax

     

    -      Repitition / epistrophe

     

    2.    Talk about the VISUALS used

     

    -      TYPE / STROKE WEIGHT 

    -      What does the image being at eye level have to do with anything?

    -      Color value / why / what information does color value add

     

     

    3.    Conclusion

    -      Why do visuals and schemes work together?

    -      How do they work together? 

    -      This ads target audience is people who like strong coffee for cheap. This is seen by their language choice in this ad. 

     

     

     

     

    Outline for #6- Caroline Hrncir

     Imagine you’re a sweet lady in the 1950s, and you’d do just about anything to turn that grouch husband of yours into a pleasant angel! Well Chase and Sanborn suggest you pour him a nice, smooth cup of special selected coffee. 

    This is what I believe the ad that I worked on is trying to convey, and I’m going to show you some ideas that helped me come to this conclusion.




    • Connect devices to goals of CS



    -so that’s how we can understand what this ad is trying to convey, and who it is trying to appeal to.



    • Now that we understand and see how these people were urging to get their point across, we can walk away knowing ___


    • I challenge you to ask yourselves what this ad conjured inside of you when you first saw it, and what you think of now that (I hope) you’ve learned a few things about it. 
    • Thank you, and I hope I could espresso some good speculations for you. 

    A&P Coffee Ad outline- #14

     Intro:

    ·       Attention getter: the Seattle Times reported that a suburban Chicago man fatally shot his wife in a fight over a coffee maker that had been left on…

    ·       Thesis:

    -          Your significant other can make you feel bad about how you conduct your house, and so can an ad, they may even turn a gun to you.

    -          But have no fear because A&P Coffee could just be your saving grace.

    -          This ad reassures and gives you a roadmap to surviving your next coffee pour… thank goodness!

    ·       Preview: Let’s talk about how this ad reassures you that its not your fault your coffee sucks, then tells you no amount of practice can help, and how to successfully please your man.

    ·       Credibility: Yes of course, I know what I’m talking about 😊

    Organization:

    •  It’s not your fault your coffee skillz suck! (hegemonic ideology tie-in)
    • You’ll never be good enough (bless your heart) (hegemonic continuation, tie into sexism of the time)
    • How to survive your next coffee pour (cover schemes: alliteration, epistrophe etc.)

    Conclusion:

    ·       Through multiple schemes and tropes, and a spirit crushing ideology, this ad may at one time been successful, but it probably wouldn’t work on todays wife (discuss successfulness of ad: pros and cons). It certainly didn’t work for Karen Lotz, who lost her life over a coffee pot in 2019.

    Outline for Coffee Ad #21- Jacqueline Mora

                                                               Outline


    Intro/ attention getter: Ever since i was small i could remember coming downstairs to my mother drinking coffee with friends. Living in a Latin culture coffee was used as a refreshment for gatherings and invitations to talk and eat pan together. In Puerto Rico they even have a coffee that's originated from there that me and my family loved to make in the mornings. Anyways i think that was the reason why I was drawn to this ad, because of how detailed they were on the smell of the coffee and how they based the whole ad on it.

    1.background information on coffee and if it was popular or not.

       a. origin, history

        b. sales etc.


    2. Analyzing ad and why was it successful or not.

       a. Flaws in persuasion

      b. Successes in persuasion


    3. my overall review 

      a. what I would change 

      b. what I wouldn't change 

      c. How sexist was it

    Tuesday, January 26, 2021

    1930's Ad Sanka Coffee - #23

     


    In this 1930's Sanka Coffee ad we see two women having a conversation about coffee. One woman is black, and is wearing what appears to be a maid's outfit typical of that time. She's holding a coffee pot in the air. The second woman is white. She is wearing a lace dress and fancy earings. Most of the ads background is white. This results with the white woman being "washed out" and draws our attention towards the black woman. In large letters below the picture of the women is the sentence, "You ain't goin' to let the Mister drink coffee at night, is you?" Even though the ad does not specify who is speaking, the grammatical errors as well as racial stereotypes and the reality of schools neglecting students of color leads the viewer to assume the black woman is asking the question. The words "at night" are underlined. In the paragraphs below it emphasizes that Sanka coffee can be drunk at any time of the day or night without the unwanted side effects that come from drinking caffinated coffee. The black woman knows that drinking cafinated coffee at night is not good and she makes sure the wife knows too. So the ad insinuates if the white woman buys Sanka coffee, she will still be able to please her husband by providing what he wants to drink (coffee), while also paying attention to what is best for him. The ad is kind of saying, "This is what a good wife buys."

    Monday, January 25, 2021

    Ad #1 Analysis


     





    Caffe Ad #19 - Dior Ayala


     "Indulge Yourself"








    Drink Nescafe instant coffee. No finer coffee flavor


















    What is it?

    Definition


    How it's used

    Bold 

    To catch the eye 

    The use of bold colors and fonts throughout the ad helps the eye-catching: the logo of the company but also helps you know exactly what this ad is about. The text that is in bold help the reader know the important parts so as not to be overwhelmed by the ad as a whole

    Enumeratio

    Detailing parts of the argument


    They detail why their instant coffee is the best by telling you its going to stay fresher longer and that you will save money using their coffee.




    Intensifiers


    Suggests strength of feeling


    They use strong words to express how much better their coffee is 

    Climax

    Increasing importance

    The use of the pictures with Stamets of how there the flavor will always be there with their instant coffee will always be great no matter what and they end it with the reassurance that the flavor will be in your cup.

    Focalizer

    Pulls the eye

    With the pretty woman in the middle of the ad is effortlessly making instant coffee she is the first thing you will see when you look at the ad but she isn't the main focus of the ad she is just there to catch your eye so you can read the small paragraph next to her that details the product. When you see this woman you imagine being her and then you read how easy it is to make it and then you're sold.  

    Flat: No Depth

    Space: full

    Eye-level

    Realistic


    The ad itself is flat and has no depth. The ad space is very full leaving little room for anything else and making it kinda busy and using realistic drawing to get a better idea of what it would like if you were making the coffee. 

    Hue:

    Bright yellow

    Bright red

    Saturation:

    High/ bright colors


    The types of color and saturation used in the ad 

    The ad uses bright red and bright yellow to help pull the eye around the ad.