Monday, April 2, 2007

Assignments for Week Beginning 04.02.07

1) Select an advertisement from the "Unofficial Calvin Klein Ads Archive." How is sex appeal utilized in the ad? Is it effective or ineffective? Appropriate or inappropriate? Does the ad employ any of the exaggerated uses of pathos mentioned in the second chapter of Envision?

2) Select one of the satrical ads located at Adbusters. What rhetoircal strategies does the ad implement? What types of appeals does it employ? As a parody, how does the ad utilize the original ad/image to create a social/cultural commentary?

3) Post 4 comments on any post from either section.

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