Thursday, October 24, 2013

The Tricksters Strike Again

Techniques

Keep yo' hands off my Doritos! In the Doritos commercial they use emotional appeal. They use emotional appeal to get you to buy or agree with something. This Doritos commercial uses emotional appeal to make you laugh and get you to buy their product. Emotional appeal is meant to touch your emotions and get to buy things that in reality, you don't need! In the next commercial they use name-calling. Name-calling is exactly what it sounds like! In this commercial its a battle of the phones. They make the iPhone seem over rated, and they make fun of the size of the galaxy.


My Thoughts


In my opinion I think this Doritos commercial will make money. I think this because it uses emotional appeal to make you laugh and everyone loves to laugh! However, I think the Nokia Lumia commercial will not make a lot of money because they don't talk about their phone. They are to busy making fun of other over rated phone brands. In the Doritos commercial, I think their targeting teens. I think this because everyone loves an after-school snack. In the Nokia Lumia commercial I think they are targeting thirty through fifty year olds because it has a great camera and you can use it for a child's special event.
 
 
I think I would buy the product shown in the Doritos commercial. I would want to buy it because the commercial used my emotions as a way to persuade me to buy some and that's what people fall for. I don't think I would buy the phone because it doesn't talk about the phones features besides the camera what so ever. Overall I liked both of these commercials. I liked the Doritos commercial because it was humorous. I also liked the Nokia Lumia commercial for its hurtful, but true statements!
 
 
 

Top 10 List

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1) State Farm: In this commercial they use bandwagon. They use bandwagon by saying, "only at state farm" which is kind of like peer pressure to make you join state farm ensurance.
2)iPod: This commercial uses the transfer technique. It shows positive images of the dancers and the iPod. 3)AT&T: This commercial uses emotional appealIt touches your emotions in a certain way to make you laugh.
4) Nokia Lumia:  In this commercial they use stereo type. They use stereo type by showing that everyone wants to get a good picture of their child at a school play or any event.
5) Hump Day: This commercial uses bandwagon. It uses band wagon by saying, "save 15% more only at Geico" which is like peer pressure to join.
6) iPhone: This commercial uses the transfer technique. It uses this technique because it displays positive images.
7) Nation Wide: This commercial uses general gliteralities. They have a clever slogan at the end of their commercials.
8)McDonalds: In this commercial they use testimonials. They use a celebrity to represent their commercial.
9)Pepsi: In this commercial they use testimonials. They use  celeb to represent their product.
10) Black Friday: They use testimonials. They use JB to represent their commercial.
 
 
 

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I bet you can't find more info then I did about ads! Want to learn more? Look up some awesome videos on YouTube to help you out! Here is one that will help you out!
 
 
                                                                                                                                           
                                                                 
 

Monday, October 14, 2013

Crazed Emperor

The First Emperor of China

 
 
 
 At about 210 B.C a emperor ruled over China. He had gotten the power because of his father. He was only 13 when he ruled. China won wars against their biggest rivals when he ruled, but that doesn't make him a good emperor. When he died, he made his servants drink a special poison that would make them unconscious and they were buried alive. Before he killed his servants, they made a army out of clay with over 7,000 soldiers to protect him in his afterlife. They were restored in 1974 and put in National Geographic museum. These sculptures were created by about 700,000 people!
 
 
 
 
 

My Opinion

I would not want to live during the time period of this crazed emperor. According to the, " Times for kids" article, he punished people by torturing them, killing them, or making them his servants. He also spent lots of money wastefully. For example, he spent lots of money on his grave.

 

Top 10 Questions of the Week

1) when did he rule? 2) How old was he when he ruled?
 3) What was in the poison drink? 4)Why did they build his grave big
5) Why did he kill his servants? 6)How long did he rule for?
7) How did his father give him power? 8)Where did he live?
 9) Did people in China admire him? 10) When did he die?

Explore!

Have a question of some sort? Post it down in the comment section below! Also, do some more research about the crazed emperor of China! You never know what you will learn!



 

Monday, October 7, 2013

Croc You Say?

What's a Super Croc?

Over 110 million years ago, a creature lurked the swampy waters of Niger. It weighed over 8 tons, and was 40 feet long. This monster snacked on what ever it wanted, from small dinos, to the famous T-Rex. This creature was known as, the "Super Croc." This crocodile had a jaw that was 6 feet long. It was designed for grabbing prey. It had about 130 razor sharp teeth made for piercing flesh.



My Opinion

 

Based on the article "Super Croc" by Peter Winkler, "The jaw was designed to grab and tear through flesh" which means this monster must have been on the top of the food chain. If it could pierce flesh, then any animal could not have stood a chance while in a fight with an amazing Super Croc.
 

Top 10 List of the Week

 
This week I chose to do the top 10 questions I had about Super Croc.
 
1] How many Super Crocs could live at once?
2] What did they eat besides dinosaurs?
3] How many species of crocs were there?
4] How did Super Croc hunt?
5] How small were the tiniest crocs at the time?
6] Did the Super Croc have a good sense of smell?
7] Did they communicate with each other.?
8] Where did they oringinate?
9] Did they migrate?
10] How long could they go with out food?
 


 

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Have a question or advice? Post a comment down below and tell me what you think about Super Croc. Also go check out more awesome videos about Super Croc! I learned interesting facts about this croc, what will you?