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Persuasion Techniques and Workplace Communication Skills

Explores key persuasion techniques from business communication literature and demonstrates their application through a model employee volunteer memorandum.

Communications

~6 min read

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True Hockey A6.0 Ad Critique: USA Hockey Magazine 2016

A critical analysis of True Hockey's A6.0 stick ad in USA Hockey Magazine, examining its visual design, copy, target market, and persuasive techniques.

Marketing

~6 min read

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Impression Management and Active Listening in Persuasion

Explores how impression management and active listening work together as core strategies for persuasive communication in professional and interpersonal contexts.

Communications

~6 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,209 words

Advertising Strategies: Comparing Hugo Boss and Revlon Fragrances

Analysis of how two similar fragrance advertisements use different design elements, language, and imagery to appeal to distinct target audiences and convey brand messages.

Marketing

~7 min read

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Business Letters and Audience Analysis: Two Writing Models

Two sample business letters with audience analysis: a floor advertising inquiry to Floorgraphics and a letter of recommendation for a courier position.

Communications

~6 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,253 words

Media Coverage of Child Abuse and Neglect in Newspapers

Analyzes how newspaper articles frame child abuse and neglect, comparing alarmist vs. pragmatic approaches, persuasive techniques, and gaps in coverage.

Communications

~7 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,461 words

Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion: Analysis

An analysis of the Elaboration Likelihood Model of persuasion, reviewing central and peripheral routes, key critiques, and ethical implications of persuasive communication.

Theories

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,562 words

Singer vs. Divakaruni: Ethos, Pathos, and World Poverty

A rhetorical comparison of Peter Singer's and Chitra Divakaruni's essays on world poverty, analyzing ethos, pathos, and logos in each writer's argument.

Communications

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,480 words

Making the Case for a Mandatory Business Writing Workshop

A workplace memo proposal arguing that a mandatory business writing workshop will improve office communication, boost morale, and protect company profits.

Communications

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,307 words

Comparing Perfume Ads: Hugo Boss WOMAN vs. Revlon Charlie Sunshine

A comparative analysis of two fragrance advertisements—Hugo Boss WOMAN and Revlon Charlie Sunshine—examining how language, image, and color shape brand messaging.

Marketing

~7 min read

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