A Rhetorical Analysis Of Pokemon (AIDA)

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First, the supporting theory we show in this ad is AIDA model. AIDA is a model of communication that is designed to capture the process that firms go through to reach prospective buyers to sell their products and services. It is an acronym for Attention, Interest, Desire and Action that demonstrates the successive stages buyers pass through in a linear hierarchy. To be quick and direct to grab people’ attention, we use the picture of the main character of Pokémon to catch the reader eyes and make them stop and read the messages in the ad. Today, the mobiles games of Pokémon Go are sweep the country, everyone are talking about this trend in every way. Therefore, it may make the audience curious, why the Pokémon ‘Pikachu’ and ‘Squirtle’ is wearing …show more content…

From the headline ‘while upgrading your Pokémon don’t left yourself behind’, which is to motivate audience for improve them self. Follow by the information show, the audience may know that what is actually the message that ad bring for them. The main way of doing this is likeable to their personal need and wants. As the ad already building the audience interest then they may seek to found out what offering can be help them in a real way to improve themselves. Finally, from the body copy of the ad there will be show the real action we want the audience take ,which is ‘ Take action now by join our ‘ Let’s Excel Programed’ to show the audience that is actually a …show more content…

The theory identifies five basic levels of human needs, which rank in order of importance from lower-level needs to higher-level needs. The five basic human needs including physiological needs, safety and security needs, social needs, ego needs and self-actualization. For this ad, it has created a strong emotional attachment towards the program through the using of the image of Pokemon. The program is to influence the low achiever students to come and join. To fulfilling their egoistic needs by using the techniques of play on words in advertisement ‘While upgrading your Pokémon don’t left yourself behind’ which use to motivate them to be more self- improvement. Egoistic need is at the fourth level of Maslow’s Hierarchy and it reflects an individual’s need for self-acceptance, self-esteem, success, independence and satisfaction with a job well done. People’s professions and hobbies often reflect this need to gain recognition because humans have a need to feel respected, by often appeal to this higher level of psychological motivation as a way to persuade customers. By offering an opportunity to master something, or gain recognition, the ad may influence audience action in appealing to their esteem. The Let’s Excel Program that teach the skills like academic improvement, offer an opportunity for audience to gain competency or mastery in a wide variety of skills and subjects, which increases their

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