Watch the video below and make notes of features of great 'taglines' as mentioned in it.
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Here is a list of language techniques / strategies used to create memorable slogans
keeping it short and simple
using catchy / memorable / unusual associations of words - word play = puns
using calls to action - direct address / imperatives
repetition or contrast or words
exagerration - comparatives and superlatives
rhetorical questions
alliteration, rhyming words
humour
Which of the strategies mentioned above do you think have been used in the following slogans?
· Allied Irish Bank: Britain’s Best Business Bank
· For all walks of life (Allen-Edmonds shoes)
· Top people take the Times
· It it’s on, it’s in (Radio Times, MCBD)
· Today, Tomorrow, Toyota
· I think, therefore IBM
· You'll never put a better bit of butter on your knife (Country Life)
· The Passionate Pursuit of Perfection (Lexus)
· Just plane smart (Southwest Airlines)
· Beanz Meanz Heinz
· Spend a night, not a fortune (Econo Lodge)
· Sole Survivor (shoes)
· Before you make up your mind, open it (Irish Independent)
· Tuborg. BEer YOURSELF
· Born to perform (Jaguar)
· If anyone can, Canon can.
· Jaguar. Grace, Space, Pace
Here are some slogans gone wrong. Explain why they may be considered slogan fails