Advertisement Analysis Paper: Step 5, Part E. (Analyze Personification)

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17 questions
Note from the author:
This Formative guides the students through writing an analytical body paragraph.
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In this Formative, you will use examples from your ad to write another of your paper's three body paragraphs. We'll walk through the steps together: just follow the instructions and ask for help when you need it. 😄

Open your ad in a separate tab first, please.

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Take a moment to paste the URL of your ad here, so you have it handy.

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Which rhetorical strategy do you see most clearly in your ad? This will be the strategy you focus on analyzing in your paper.

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You'll need to cite your ad in several questions coming up, so take a second to open Ad Paper: Steps 1&2.

The parenthetical citation you need is your answer to question 7.
Enter it here, so you have it handy. You can copy and paste or retype.

Got it? Onwards!

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Let's take a look at how your ad uses personification. Many ads use personification to be funny or cute, or to trigger a specific reaction in their audiences.

Do you notice personification in your ad?

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Ready to come up with ideas?

Brainstorm a list of personification in your ad.
Don't worry about complete sentences; just get your thoughts down. Aim for several examples on your list. You need two for your paper.

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Next, write one complete sentence that connects your ad's use of personification to its rhetorical strategy.

Please don't write more than one sentence; please do pay attention to your commas, periods, and capitalization.

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That's a topic sentence, right?

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Choose one example from your brainstormed list (#6) that you would like to put in your paper.

Describe it. Remember, your reader hasn't seen your ad, so be clear. This is a piece of evidence or concrete detail.

Use one or two complete sentences. Put your parenthetical citation (from #4) at the end of your sentence before the period. Watch your commas, periods, and capitalization, please.

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Write at least two complete commentary/analysis sentences that explain...
--how the personification affects the audience's reaction
and
--how the allusion supports the ad's rhetorical strategy

You must have at least two sentences, but feel free to write more.

Also, watch your commas, periods, and capitalization, please.

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This is a copying-and pasting question. You don't need to write anything new.

First, paste in your topic sentence from #7. Next, paste in your concrete detail sentence from #9. Then paste in your commentary sentences from #10.

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One example down, one to go. Ready?

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Choose a second example from your brainstormed list (#6) that you would like to put in your paper.

Describe it in one or two complete sentences. Put your parenthetical citation (from #4) at the end of your sentence before the period.

Watch your commas, periods, and capitalization, please.

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Write at least two complete commentary/analysis sentences about your example.

Watch your commas, periods, and capitalization, please.

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This is a copying-and pasting question. You don't need to write anything new.

First, paste in your paragraph chunk from #11. Next, paste in your concrete detail sentence from #13. Then paste in your commentary sentences from #14.

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That's another body paragraph done! It needs revision and a concluding sentence, of course, but we'll do that later. Take a bow.

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We're finished analyzing personification now.

If you have completed three parts of Step 5, all your body paragraphs are written! Move on to Step 6 (Write your Conclusion).

Otherwise, move to another part of Step 5.