Kool-Aid Argumentative Essay

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Most parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, or anyone else would agree that soda is not the appropriate thing to give to your child for a drink. This advertisement preaches that not only does making a single choice make it acceptable but making the smarter choice is better. Would you want your kids getting all the bad things that they get from soda or would you want them drinking something like Kool-Aid that doesn’t have any carbonation, is high in vitamin C, and is guaranteed to make your child happy by just making the right choice and drinking Kool-Aid? This Kool-Aid ad explicitly sells Kool-Aid, but it implicitly sells a smarter choice between Kool-Aid and pop to parents of young children. If you were a parent would you want your child making …show more content…

The pitcher of Kool-Aid, with a smiley face on the outside represents a good, healthy, refreshing thirst quencher. The bottles of soda in the background of the picture emphasize the Kool-Aid pitcher and makes it stand out more. Notice the small print on the ad gives you a reason for picking the Kool-Aid. The small print makes sure that you understand that it is the healthier choice between the two drinks. One states that Kool-Aid has no carbonation. Another one states that the Kool-Aid has vitamin C and soda does not. When you look at the advertisement it shows a pitcher and not single bottles like the pop in the background. Due to it being a pitcher you can share with other individuals. Kool-Aid is making sure that you can bring everyone together by drinking Kool-Aid, a more healthy and happy …show more content…

The other logos are on pop bottles in the background such as Coca Cola, Mountain Dew, RC, and Doctor Pepper. Those logos represent how pop has tons of sugar and how unhealthy it is for you. The logo in the bottom right hand corner shows that the pitcher of Kool-Aid will go a lot further than buying the single pops in the back. Instead you can all share your Kool-Aid and it makes enough for everyone. In that case the Kool-Aid is promoting communication, family time, clubs, or even teams that might sit down and have a nice conversation while they drink some Kool-Aid after a long

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