Analysis Of An Advertisement By U Lucky Dog

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Out in the world, there is a concept, an object, an idea, a service, something that drives its viewers and audience toward a product, appeals to their interests, develops questions in their minds, and piques their readers’ interests; these are referred to us as advertisements. Advertisements can consist of many things, and advertise many things – objects, software, hardware, a service, a restaurant, a shower hose, etc., and advertisements are everywhere; it is very difficult not to run into one throughout the day. These advertisements are not created simply to present something and that’s it, but are specially and specifically made by professionals to be directed toward the audience that affect them in several ways, which the intended results …show more content…

The advertisement by U Lucky Dog is included in a 5280 magazine, a Denver and Colorado exclusive magazine. The targeted audience is likely the people of Boulder that own dogs, and that is deduced simply by acknowledging that the advertisement is advertising a doggy daycare that is in Denver, and the fact that the advertisement is placed in a 5280 magazine. The advertisement doesn’t necessarily have a significant occasion or exigence, which represents an issue that both the audience and the author wish to discuss, due to its brief advertisement, however, it does demonstrate exigence, as it speaks to consumers or readers that would be interested in a doggy daycare. In addition to this, the advertisement uses the word “new” several times, which also speaks to the audience, consisting of people that are in the search of “new” options, or “new” things. The idea that the doggy daycare is new may present the idea that it is a newer, more cutting-edge daycare, but the idea of something being “new” doesn’t necessarily mean that it is any better than anything else; in fact, it may actually not even be close to being “new” as one would think. The word “new” is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) as, “That has not previously existed, differs from what existed in the past, etc.” (“New”). By this …show more content…

Most of the time, these connections are through pictures about the product or service they are advertising, that also connect with the consumer’s life. The advertisement and its placement have a direct connection with the audience, which is the communication and discourse of people in Denver, or in Colorado in general. As stated previously, the advertisement is placed in a 5280 magazine, which is issued only in Colorado, and its target is dog owners in Colorado around the Denver area. However, there are other doggy daycare advertisements within the 5280 magazine, and the contents of this advertisement, pictures and text, are what make it stand out and are meant to attract the consumers and readers toward their doggy daycare over other daycares. For example, the advertisement by U Lucky Dog has a background of a happy little poodle, seemingly smiling at the reader. This picture alone exercises pathos, which represents emotional appeal, as it displays happiness from the dog that is assumed to be in the daycare in the advertisement, and this happiness from the dog is passed onto the consumer, who is happy to see that the dog is enjoying themselves. In addition to this, due to the rhetorical device of pathos, which represents emotional appeal, the owner will likely feel

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