A Rhetorical Analysis Of Stouffer's Advertising

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The ad created by Stouffer’s us the pathos rhetorical appeal to evoke strong emotions in the consumer. By its visual components combined with print to play to a social stereotype of the supermom persuade the consumer that buying their product will create a positive dinner experience for the buyer. Stouffer’s is rely on genders roles that exist in society and a perpetuated by the media that it women play a center role in family structure and its foundational happiness.
By using the image of the mother (adult female), with a plate in one hand, a pitcher of milk actively pouring milk into a glass, and all with her eyes on her daughter (female youth), the ad is playing into a common belief that many women have; women can and should be able to …show more content…

“Every family dinner is a great story waiting to happen” is direct and unambiguous; family dinners can be positive experiences with nice people who actually like each other. By making the font white, the implication seems to be that this is a plain fact, not an opinion. White is actually no color, so this would support the theory that the slogan formatting intentionally means to make the statement appear as fact, rather than suggestion. The smaller black text gives the impression of seriousness and authority, much like “reading the fine print” of the contract. The idea being that the “great story” waiting to happen will only likely happen if the person utilizes the product being offered in the …show more content…

She is the one providing the wholesomeness of the milk, and the healthiness of the life bringing salad. The children are not making eye contact with the mother or the father; everyone is looking at the little girl. This appeal is to the new dynamics of the family, where most parents are child centric. Modern families lead busy lives, and most women and men want the traditional, sentimental idyllic family, but in reality know that most lives are hectic and chaotic. Most married men want the tradition values of the typical “old” family they grew up in, where mom cooked and everyone sat down at a table together, but the expectation falls on the female family head to develop the family structure. Because women have entered the workplace and now contribute to the economics of the family, the idea of a woman who can do many tasks at once is seemingly fleeting, and they experience guilt for not being able to achieve the status of

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