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Introduction Task
Click on the triangular image below and watch the intro video explaining the
three main advertising techniques (Ethos, Pathos and Logos)
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4. The use of the ‘Plain Folks’ technique also falls under the category of
Ethos. Explain what the ‘plain folk’s technique is and how it aims to
appeal to the audience.
5. Watch the following Hillary Clinton political election advert and explain
how the technique of ‘Plain Folks’ is being used to appeal to voters.
3. Watch the following Honey Nut Cheerios advert and view the coke print
advert. How are images and language used to evoke positive feelings in
the audience that are then attributed to the brand/product?
Unit 15: Advertising Production
Persuasive techniques in Advertising (Ethos,Pathos,Logos)
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4. As well as evoking positive emotions such as happiness in the
audience, pathos advertisements can also employ unpleasant
emotions like fear and worry just as effectively. Watch the
following British Heart Foundation advert. Identify the
emotions it evokes in the audience and how it uses them to get
its message across.
5. View the BMW print advert below. Identify the emotions it evokes in the
audience and how it uses them to get its message across.
Unit 15: Advertising Production
Persuasive techniques in Advertising (Ethos,Pathos,Logos)
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Watch the Tide (2017) advert below. How has sex appeal been used in the
advert to create humour?
Watch the 2019 Sky Christmas advert. How is Nostalgia being used as a
persuasive technique? Which emotions are being evoked in the audience
to promote the Sky brand? How is intertextuality being used to appeal to
the audience?
Unit 15: Advertising Production
Persuasive techniques in Advertising (Ethos,Pathos,Logos)
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9. Watch the Old Spice The Man your Man Could smell Like’ advert (2010).
The male protagonist uses direct mode of address to the girlfriend of the
male target audience who has not yet purchased the Old Spice product.
Explain why this is effective in targeting the male audience.
10. Explain how the Old Spice advert uses Bandwagon appeal to target the
primary male audience? You could also consider how the bandwagon
technique is used to appeal to the primary male and secondary female
audience.
Unit 15: Advertising Production
Persuasive techniques in Advertising (Ethos,Pathos,Logos)
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Watch the advert below for ‘I Can’t believe it’s not butter’ (2017) and
identify the buzzwords used to make the product more appealing to the
target audience.
Unit 15: Advertising Production
Persuasive techniques in Advertising (Ethos,Pathos,Logos)
Preparation work
Name: