Premise report
Specific Task
1. Investigate and prepare the following:
a. For logical premises:
i. Review various advertisements (at least five) for a single product (note: not
necessarily a single brand of a product) and compare the content premises utilized
in the advertisements. This part of your report should attempt to 1) identify types
of evidence used in the advertisements and 2) explain the enthymemes that may be
supporting the advertisements.
ii. Review at least three editorials or similar text intended for persuasion. Explain the
likely content premises of each of these by identifying and explaining the evidence
and reasoning and relating it to an anticipated consumer. In this part of the report
attempt to format syllogisms which capsulate the argument of the text.
b. For psychological premises:
i. Review various advertisements (at least five) for a single product (note: not
necessarily a single brand of a product) and compare the process premises utilized
in the advertisements.
ii. Review at least three advertisements for a single brand of product. Explain the
likely process premises of each of these advertisements by identifying the appeal
and relating it to an anticipated consumer. Your analysis should include a critique
using concepts learned from the theoretical premises already discussed in the class.
c. For cultural & nonverbal premises:
i. Select newspaper and magazine advertisements that demonstrate particular
appeals to the cultural premises.
ii. Select enough advertisements so they reflect appeals to at least five different
cultural premises.
iii. Next select advertisements, which reflect consideration of nonverbal elements of
persuasion. Select at least three different categories of nonverbal to analyze in
these advertisements.
2. Record your findings in a paper (approximately 10-15 pages) along with the advertisement a