The two advertisements, which I have chosen to compare, are on car and a pair of tires.

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The two advertisements, which I have chosen to compare, are on car and a pair of tires. Car is a Mercedes Benz and the pair of tires are made by BFGoodrich. Both these cars seem to appeal to men and both of these advertisements have a sufficient number of words in them.

The Mercedes Benz seems to be targeted at a rich and sophisticated person who enjoys taking a walk on the wild side. Such words as “carve” and “slice” seems to give the image of living on the edge. This advert also seems targeted at a cool middle-aged person, probably to some one around the age of 20 to 40. The phrase,  “burn your way down every avenue.” Seems to give the image of a young person driving down the road at a fast and intense speed. The strong masculine colour of blue seems to target strong masculine men. The colour of the advert seems to pump the testosterone through men’s veins whilst the car itself turns the man on but yet still it is just a simple advertisement. The advertisement seems to be targeted mostly at men then women because the car seems to be pleased in the middle of a runway. The runway is mostly associated with fighter plains, where men’s testosterone is at its highest.

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        The BFGoodrich Tires advert Seems to targeted at the rich “baller” who has enough money to satisfy very elegant women. We also know that this is aimed at men because the word ‘he’ pops up a few times in this paragraph. Words such as “all-star baller” and “pure star baller” seem to suggest a well deserved rich person. Words such as “star” associates with glamour and elegance, whilst words such as “baller” and “power” seem to suggest power and sophistication. The car seems to be reflecting the colour of blue and also every one in the picture is wearing blue; ...

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