Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Most advertisements make products seem much better than they really are. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
It goes without saying that in the progressive world in which we live, advertising is of paramount importance to firms in order to boost their products sale. In this regard, there exists a debate among people as to whether or not advertisements exaggerate the advantages of their products. Personally, I hold the view that companies represent their goods in an overstated manner while advertising. In the following paragraphs, two reasons to corroborate my idea are provided.
To begin with, serious competition among firms leads them to exaggerate more about their commodities and attract customers’ attention. In today’s modern world, a specific product might be produced by multiple companies, which creates competition between them in selling their goods. If a firm did not succeed in selling its commodity to the extent that it can make a profit, it would be at high risk of bankruptcy. In this vein, every firm is looking for avenues and strategies to win more sales deals, like presenting some specific and unreal features for its own products in order to guarantee customers a distinct product more beneficial than its competitors. Therefore, the more competitions among companies, the more they overstate the benefits of their products.
Secondly, puffery in advertising is a strategy to persuade potential customers and convey this message that the product about which an advertisement is broadcasting satisfies the needs of the customers precisely. With this in mind, a company uses various methods for puffery such as using fancy phrases and words, fictional pictures and videos, and celebrities in order to impress their target audience. To illustrate, I have recently watched an advertisement on television about an apparatus used for orderly cutting food materials such as potato, carrot, onion, and to name but a few, which I had used some other similar utensils which had not been effective. Although I decided not to trust similar goods, that advertisement using some convincing videos overemphasized that it could cut any of these materials without any problem, and I thoroughly persuaded that this one was what I wanted. However, when I bought that apparatus, it did not function the same as one that had being advertised. If it had not been that exaggeration and puffery in that advertisement, I would not have convinced to try that apparatus.
In conclusion, although some people believe that companies advertise their products in the same way that they are, considering the reasons mentioned above, I am of the opinion that not only the strong competition between firms causes them to exaggerate about their goods while advertising, but also they use puffery in order to persuade and impress their potential customers profoundly.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 210, Rule ID: WHETHER[4]
Message: Wordiness: Shorten this phrase to the shortest possible suggestion.
Suggestion: whether; whether or not; as to whether
...ard, there exists a debate among people as to whether or not advertisements exaggerate the advantage...
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Line 1, column 356, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in an overstated manner" with adverb for "overstated"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
...ew that companies represent their goods in an overstated manner while advertising. In the following par...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, look, second, secondly, so, therefore, while, as to, in conclusion, such as, to begin with, in the same way
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 15.1003584229 79% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 9.8082437276 51% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 13.8261648746 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 21.0 11.0286738351 190% => OK
Pronoun: 57.0 43.0788530466 132% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 61.0 52.1666666667 117% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 8.0752688172 149% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2328.0 1977.66487455 118% => OK
No of words: 440.0 407.700716846 108% => OK
Chars per words: 5.29090909091 4.8611393121 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.57997565096 4.48103885553 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.99259071267 2.67179642975 112% => OK
Unique words: 232.0 212.727598566 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.527272727273 0.524837075471 100% => OK
syllable_count: 728.1 618.680645161 118% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.51630824373 112% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 9.59856630824 83% => OK
Article: 4.0 3.08781362007 130% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.51792114695 142% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.86738351254 214% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 10.0 4.94265232975 202% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 20.6003584229 78% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 27.0 20.1344086022 134% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 76.9869104134 48.9658058833 157% => OK
Chars per sentence: 145.5 100.406767564 145% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.5 20.6045352989 133% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.1875 5.45110844103 150% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.5376344086 36% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 11.8709677419 84% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.85842293907 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.88709677419 61% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.130521367209 0.236089414692 55% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0430654512517 0.076458572812 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0281539324583 0.0737576698707 38% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0830680147532 0.150856017488 55% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.00786864329752 0.0645574589148 12% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.2 11.7677419355 146% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 35.61 58.1214874552 61% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 6.10430107527 183% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.0 10.1575268817 148% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.7 10.9000537634 126% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.35 8.01818996416 117% => OK
difficult_words: 122.0 86.8835125448 140% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.002688172 90% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.0537634409 127% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.247311828 88% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5 paragraphs with 3 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: conclusion.
So how to find out those reasons. There is a formula:
reasons == advantages or
reasons == disadvantages
for example, we can always apply 'save time', 'save/make money', 'find a job', 'make friends', 'get more information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.
or we can apply 'waste time', 'waste money', 'no job', 'make bad friends', 'get bad information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.
Rates: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 Out of 30
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