GED Social Studies: Deciphering Ads

Blog Category: Economics,GED Practice Question,GED Social Studies — Blogged by: Becca on December 10, 2009 at 6:08 pm

In today’s day and age, we’re bombarded with a lot of advertisements, and a lot of the time there’s a ton of information thrown at you at once. Sometimes it’s not even related to the product, like when they have women in bikinis playing volleyball in the snowy Alps for a beer commercial. Sometimes there is a lot of relevant information though, and it’s good to know exactly what the ad is trying to get at.

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In the above image, what information about the product is most important to the advertisement?

1. It catches a lot of dirt.

2. It cleans quickly.

3. It has bristles made out of nanotubes.

4. It’s red.

5. It’s inexpensive. (Read on …)