Other companies and brands such as the chocolate bar penguin use sound to grab your attention and make their slogan stand out and stay memorable. 'p-p-p-pick up a penguin' uses the repeated sound of the 'p' which may draw the younger audience in due to it being more fun to say.On the other hand, people who have a stutter may find this offensive as they are using their "speech disability" as a way to draw in costumers.Cornflakes have used 'they're Grrreat' as there slogan which emphasis's the fact that it is great and so you should have them.This pattern of using sound is more common when food is being advertised, and this could be because there are many different types of the same food such as chocolate bars,cereals etc... and so they want people to remember their brand and by doing so,try and make the slogan unique.
As well has Smoking using an instruction within their slogan,Nike have also done this 'Just do it'. This suggests that even if you are unsure into whether or not to buy a Nike item,
you should...Just do it!
This tagline is so powerful that it is seen as "one of the top two taglines of the 20th century with it being both "universal and intensely personal". I think this is the case as you can relate to it in many different situations such as whether or not to apply for a job...Just do it, or to travel to America...Just do it.Because Nike could have inspired you in this way, you will feel like giving something back and so buy a Nike product.
Coke have also used an instruction within their tagline 'share a coke with...' because they include a name on their coke bottles also makes it very personal and as though that drink was made for you.This also has side effects such as: if your name wasn't on a coke bottle, you may feel secluded and unworthy of a coke as you feel as though it wasn't made for you and you aren't the target audience.This could lead to coke loosing costumers and in the future, becoming less popular.
There are many different patterns used within taglines,slogans and catchphrases and this could be down to these methods working and appealing to that certain audience.
Brilliant depth of analysis and it looks like you've done some research - stick a bibliography of links at the bottom next time so we could read more and see where some of your ideas have come from. Focus even more on the topic of mixed mode techniques and use more terminology to improve. Very impressive - well done.
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