Tag Advertisement

What comes to your mind when you first see this advertisement? Do your eyes go straight to the dog pile? Or does the warning catch your eyes so that you have to read the rest of the text? The warning text reads, " The makers of new tag body spray will not be held liable should any girl-on-girl-on-girl-on-girl-on-girl-on-girl-on-guy action occur. Please carry card below at all times." The card below says, "If I'm critically injured in a TAG related pile-on, please notify my buddy ______ at (___)______. (He'll think it's hilarious.)" Combined with the picture, this immediately makes men want to use the product created by TAG. This advertisement is directed at young, single men. TAG is trying to sell their product even more by using an advertisement. Even though the picture isn't very probable, men want to think that this can be them. The warning stands out, and makes men think that something like this will happen to them when they use TAG body spray.
The TAG advertisement uses pathos and ethos but it lacks logos. The emotional appeal is directed for men to get women, and a lot of them. It uses men's desire to have all the women he wants. This advertisement makes men want to be the guy at the bottom of the pile. The advertisement shows that TAG can help men do this. TAG is a well known fragrance company among men. It has credibility by being a well-known company, also running television commercials. This advertisement lacks logos. It is not very logical or realistic. If it was logical then not nearly as many people would buy their product.

Shitty First Drafts

Anne Lammont describes a long writing process that requires many revisions. She states that the first draft is for getting all of your ideas written down, no matter how good or bad they may be. The first draft will give you direction of where you want to take your writing, then you can revise from there. A writer can't expect the first draft to be perfect or even close according to Lammont. She says that every good writer writes terrible first drafts and has to revise their work. My style of writing is a little different than what Lammont describes. I believe that good writers can write great first drafts, but of course they are not going to be perfect. When I write it is not a long and tedious task as Lammont shows, but I am not quick or sloppy. Also, I do not like to revise my own writing. If I do make revisions, they are usually minor. I prefer to have someone else make suggestions on what to change or improve rather than doing it myself. I don't really like revising my own work. I understand Lammont's view that revising will improve whatever is being written, but I think the first draft is as bad as she describes. I think it also has to do with what you are writing and what style you want to have. Some styles require more revision than others. If I am writing something like a blog, I don't see much need to revise it. If I am writing a ten page paper for English class, than I should probably revise several times. I think blogging will help my writing, it is good practice. My writing style might be different on blogs than on regular class papers because it does need to be as formal. Different subjects require different styles.