Writing Homework Help

Pages: 3-4 pages, not including works cited page

Prompt: Using at least 2 of the 3 texts by Shames, McKevitt, and Solomon, center an essay on the following:

Find a TV or Internet commercial and analyze how marketers are shaping our consuming behavior. 

Consider these questions to guide your analysis on how marketers influence our consuming behavior:

1.How do marketers appeal to the more factor?

2.How do marketers convince us we’ll be happier if we buy this product? 

3.How do marketers turn a desire into a “need”?

4.How do marketers create desire for the products they sell?

This essay will follow the general structure of an introduction with a clearly stated thesis statement, multiple body paragraphs, and a conclusion. 

?Use direct quotes when citing from the sources from our textbook.

?Summarize the commercial video you have found to include a description of the product being sold and how marketers are appealing to consumers. This could be done in the introduction and/or the first body paragraph.