Ethos,Logos,Pathos of Chevy
Aristotle’s terms of persuasion can help to validate whether or not an ad will be successful. In this case the ad is for a Chevrolet 1500 Silverado Truck (2015 Chevrolet Silverado 14 Oct.2015). The terms of persuasion that help to evaluate this ad are Ethos, Logos and pathos. The use of rhetoric in the ad can play a major role in the ads success. As well as identifying the colors in the ad and there meaning, it can help to understand the persuasion used in the ad. By evaluating these terms of persuasion and by doing a theoretical analysis one can find and view the success of the Chevy truck ad.
The Chevrolet 2015 Silverado ad (2015 Chevrolet Silverado 14 Oct.2015) was published in March of 2015. The ad was published
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The Logos of ad is its logic, what makes the ad logical to the viewer. Logic is also applied to an ad by providing the viewer true information or straight fact about the product. In this case the Chevy truck ad uses a small bit of logos in the ad. The first part of logos in this ad is the truck itself. It is logic that one would see a truck such as this pulling a trailer like it is show. It also doesn’t seem to be illogical to find a truck like this driving off road like seen in the picture. By Chevy showing this in the ad it makes it paper logical to the viewer. However they also include some facts in their ad to make it logical. In the left side of the ad towards the bottom its says “2015 Chevy Silverado/ from the family of the most dependable longest-lasting full-size pickups on the Road. Next to where it says this there are two small stars next to it. If a viewer look at the bottom of the page it also has the same two small stars it list that sentence from above is based on full-size pickup …show more content…
Pathos is defined as being the emotional appeal that an ad has. Pathos can apply to the Chevy Silverado truck ad in a couple of different ways. The first is that the ad gives one a sense of hard work or hardworking. The ad achieves this because it shows a truck which is view as work vehicles pulling a large trailer. Also the background in the back of the ad is much roughed which also to give the truck and ad a sense of roughness. The ad also in includes the words find new roads. This adds emotional appeal to the add because it adds a sense of adventure to the ad by saying find new road or a new way. This would appeal to the person that is adventures and wanted to have an adventures
Hari uses logos when he mentions an experiment that they did, he mentioned it when saying “ You get a rat and you put it in a cage, and you give it two water bottles: One is just water, and the other is water laced with either heroin or cocaine. If you do that, the rat will almost always prefer the drug water and almost always kill itself quite quickly.” then they change up the cage and this happens “They've got loads of cheese, they've got loads of colored balls, they've got loads of tunnels. Crucially, they've got loads of friends. They can have loads of sex.
This commercial draws on the viewers emotional well-being through the dialogue of the characters. The first words said in the commercial are, " Never give up on the ones that you care about and, always remember the good things." That statement is strong and will immediately catch the reader 's attention. The little boy also said, “I looked everywhere.
The drink’s name is essential for customers to go outside and buy it, yet, in the ad the company hardly mentions the name of the drink. If the advertisement included the drink’s name throughout the commercial and mentioned it multiple times it would bring more awareness to the drink. Awareness directly correlates with people not forgetting the name of the drink which in return will increase sales of that drink. To make the source more effective would be to include some humor or satire. Humor is a great way to include the audience into the ad but provides great entertainment.
Rhetorical strategies including pathos, ethos, and logos are stylistic elements often used as a persuasion technique to get an audience to either buy a product or participate in something. Advertisements almost always have at least one of these three components, and Super Bowl commercials specifically are renowned for their entertaining use of these strategies. Of the many Super Bowl commercials, two stood out to me for their in-depth use of all three of these rhetorical strategies. The first commercial combines the extreme measures taken by an overprotective dad and the new Hyundai Genesis. These two seemingly unlike ideas are brought together in a collaboration that effectively use pathos, ethos, and logos to prove the audience of their product.
These tools are utilized in the commercial for persuading the viewers of its reason, creating an image of credibility surrounding its name, as well as generating an emotional response. “Aristotle’s ‘ingredients for persuasion’ – otherwise known as ‘appeals’ – are known by the names of ethos, pathos, and logos.
The automotive industry uses advertisements and hundreds of types of persuasive techniques to sell you their vehicles. In the Ford advertisement that I chose, a large red truck is driving down the road during a rain storm. The words “It’s simple. BURN LESS FUEL. Burn less cash.”
Most notably is the appeal of pathos. If you’re driving by and see this advertisement for the first time on the billboard you most likely at least have a small chuckle. Once you begin to laugh at this you actually find it amusing and your brain will automatically begin to think of good things from eating at Chick Fil A. This ad also successfully uses the appeal of ethos.
The name of the company, Coca Cola, is considered ethos because has a history of credibility. Pathos is another important aspect of the ad where it appeals to its audience’s emotions by accessing a current situation in the United States and by promoting certain values like optimism, humanity, and unity. It shows various ways people enjoy their product and how it brings them together despite their cultural differences like riding horses, going to the movie theater with friends, going to the beach, dancing, spending time with family, etc. Last of all, logos is represented at the end of the commercial where the company’s logo and slogan are
It’s commonly known as the emotional appeal. For example in the ad, the old man misses his past as an astronaut. He’s sits in his couch and thinking about the great life that he had before. It’s very relatable because you have those moments where you think to yourself I wish I can go back to this day because it was the best day of my life. For the old man, it was when he first flew into space.
I researched and found that ethos is used to convince the viewer that the ad is trustworthy. The ethos of the ad is trustworthy because it was created by the CDC. The CDC is extremely credible and they are known all over the world. Second is pathos, pathos is the sadness or pity in an advertisement. Pathos helps the viewer relate to the ad by affecting the emotions of the viewer.
The Use of Rhetorical Devices in the “Google Home” Super Bowl Commercial Companies and other forms of media strategically use the three rhetorical appeals, ethos, pathos, and logos, to market goods and/or promote ideas. The appeals have been used for centuries are still prevalent in all types of modern day propaganda. If used correctly, ethos, pathos, and logos can be used as clever tactics to engrain information into the brains of consumers. One of the more notable ways that brands use these appeals are commercials. Google, the world’s most famous multinational technology company, used the three appeals to reach success.
Doritos were first introduced in 1968 by Frito-Lays. From 1968 until now Doritos have used many advertisements to promote their product. Over the years, Doritos has become a successful company and is known for their different flavors chips. During 1995 and 2013, Doritos created two different Super Bowl commercials that are broken down between their target audience, historical context, media choices/composition of advertisement and rhetorical appeals. In these commercials there are three rhetorical appeals being presented: logos, ethos, and pathos.
A connection between logos and pathos is very strong through the caption. Although the caption of the image is represented as logos, it is also pathos. This is because when the picture is viewed you get this sick and panic like symptoms because you are now well aware they you could also being digesting the same thing. The advertisement is trying to eliminate the fact that if we don 't start caring about the planet we could be eating plastic bags stuck in fish and other animals. Another way that pathos is located in the advertisement is when the view begins to think about the species eating the trash.
Stress Test #64267 For many years now, advertising has managed to have an effect of everything around us. Good or bad, the true purpose is to clearly convey their message to the targeted audience. To achieve this, advertisers will commonly use rhetorical appeals to successfully persuade their desired audience. Secret Deodorant’s “Stress Test” ad utilizes various colors, and ethical and emotional appeals to effectively grab the audience’s attention.
Ethos is utilized by establishing credibility towards the company. Pathos is utilized the most within the advertisement to appeal towards the emotion side of its intended