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  • Advertising
    Sells to educate, inform, enlighten, promote, persuade
  • Target group, target market

    The audience the advertising is aimed at
  • Target markets for baby nappies

    • parents
    • moms
  • Slogan
    A catchy phrase
  • Jingle
    The music that accompanies the catchy phrase so it becomes a catchy tune
  • Emblem
    Symbol, badge
  • Advertising face
    True, objective
  • Advertising opinion

    Viewpoint, subjective
  • Emotive language
    Persuasive language using emotions, feelings, similes, metaphors, adjectives, adverts, figures of speech
  • Advertising techniques
    • Attract your attention and make you want to buy the product
  • Advertising techniques
    • Color
    • Font
    • Border type
    • Discounts
    • Headline
    • Subheading
    • Sales
    • Celebrities used to market products
    • Natural ingredients (vitamins, minerals)
    • Personalised advertisements using personal pronouns
  • Synonyms are words of the same or similar meanings
  • Synonyms are often interchangeable but the word choice is dependent on the context
  • Varied use of synonyms will extend your language skills
  • A Thesaurus is the best source of reference for synonyms
  • Every student should possess a Thesaurus
  • Examples of synonyms
    • big
    • small
    • good
    • active
    • anger
    • angry
    • high
    • lofty
    • scarce
    • rare
    • horrible
    • gruesome
    • scatter
    • disperse
    • huge
    • enormous
    • scorn
    • despise
    • ask
    • enquire
    • importance
    • significance
    • perceive
    • observe
    • begin
    • start
    • impudence
    • audacity
    • separate
    • sever
    • serious
    • grave
    • brave
    • courageous
    • inside
    • interior
    • calm
    • tranquil
    • join
    • unite
    • severe
    • austere
    • careful
    • cautious
    • kind
    • generous
    • shining
    • gleaming
    • bad
    • cheat
    • deceive
    • lazy
    • indolent
    • short
    • brief
    • cheeky
    • insolent
    • least
    • minimum
    • shortage
    • deficiency
    • choice
    • option
    • leave
    • depart
    • shorten
    • abbreviate
    • clothes
    • garments
    • loneliness
    • solitude
    • show
    • conquer
    • defeat
    • machinery
    • mechanism
    • show (n)
    • correct
    • damp
    • accurate
    • mad
    • insane
    • sign
    • marriage
    • matrimony
    • sleepy
    • drowsy
    • dig
    • excavate
    • miserable
    • wretched
    • slim
    • slender
    • disaster
    • catastrophe
    • misfortune
    • adversity
    • doubtful
    • dubious
    • mistake
    • error
    • drinks
    • beverages
    • mock
    • ridicule
    • sorrow
    • grief
    • drunk
    • intoxicated
    • smell (good)
    • fragrance
    • smell (bad)
    • odour
    • demonstrate
    • exhibit
    • sign
    • symbol
    • much
    • many
    • a lot of
    • pretty
    • ugly
    • maximum
    • speed
    • velocity
    • dumb
    • mute
    • anonymous
    • still
    • motionless
    • few
    • need
    • require
    • stop
    • cease
    • odd
    • peculiar
    • and
    • conclusion
    • stormy
    • tempestuous
    • thin
    • elderly
    • outstanding
    • prominent
    • escape
    • elude
    • expect
    • anticipate
    • famous
    • celebrated
    • fierce
    • ferocious
    • polite
    • courteous
    • food
    • refreshments
    • forbid
    • prohibit
    • purpose
    • intention
    • thankfulness
    • gratitude
    • try
    • attempt
    • force
    • compel
    • quarrelsome
    • aggressive
    • friendly
    • amiable
    • quick
    • prompt
    • rapid
    • understand
    • comprehend
    • rash
    • reckless
    • read
    • peruse
    • unwilling
    • reluctant
    • uproar
    • pandemonium
    • hate
    • detest
    • red
    • crimson
    • unbeatable
    • invincible
    • obstinate
    • wilful
    • astonishment
    • amazement
    • surround
    • encircle
    • remember
    • recollect
    • rich
    • prosperous
    • haughty
    • proud
    • room
    • accommodation
    • height
    • altitude
    • help
    • assistance
    • hide
    • conceal
    • sad
    • melancholy
    • unhappy
    • extravagance
    • squander
    • dissipate
    • puny
    • powerless
    • fatigue
    • exhaustion
    • stupid
    • immature
  • Antonyms are words of opposite meaning
  • Examples of antonyms
    • above
    • below
    • clumsy
    • agile
    • huge
    • tiny
    • absent
    • present
    • abstract
    • concrete
    • cold
    • hot
    • humane
    • cruel
    • colourful
    • dull
    • humorous
    • tragic
    • include
    • exclude
    • accelerate
    • decelerate
    • compliment
    • insult
    • indigenous
    • exotic
    • reject
    • accept
    • convicted
    • acquitted
    • interesting
    • boring
    • cool
    • warm
    • adult
    • child
    • create
    • destroy
    • advance
    • retreat
    • advantage
    • detriment
    • damage
    • repair
    • dangerous
    • safe
    • joy
    • sorrow
    • alike
    • different
    • deep
    • shallow
    • laugh
    • cry
    • allow
    • forbid
    • delicate
    • coarse
    • light
    • heavy
    • approve
    • disapprove
    • diligent
    • lazy
    • like
    • dislike
    • arrival
    • departure
    • drunk
    • sober
    • loose
    • tight
    • lose
    • save
    • modern
    • ancient
    • dry
    • wet
    • reasonable
    • excessive
    • remember
    • forget
    • respect
    • disrespect
    • have
    • permission
    • destroy
    • satisfy
    • dissatisfy
    • early
    • late
    • quickly
    • slowly
    • raise
    • lower
    • guilty
    • innocent
    • rare
    • common
    • real
    • artificial
    • introduction
    • conclusion
    • introvert
    • extrovert
    • rebel
    • obey
    • sorrow
    • joy
    • serious
    • frivolous
    • quicken
    • slacken
    • ascend
    • descend
    • easy
    • difficult
    • marry
    • divorce
    • sink
    • rise
    • cancel
    • confirm
    • few
    • many
    • simple
    • complicated
    • asleep
    • awake
    • narrow
    • wide
    • liability
    • asset
    • everything
    • nothing
    • further
    • nearer
    • backwards
    • forwards
    • everywhere
    • nowhere
    • neat
    • untidy
    • beautiful
    • ugly
    • fail
    • succeed
    • noise
    • silence
    • beginning
    • end
    • false
    • true
    • noisy
    • quiet
    • beneficial
    • detrimental
    • familiar
    • strange
    • often
    • seldom
    • big
    • small
    • fearful
    • courageous
    • succeed
    • fail
    • open
    • closed
    • blunt
    • sharp
    • flexible
    • rigid
    • borrow
    • lend
    • optimistic
    • pessimistic
    • tell
    • order
    • brave
    • cowardly
    • forget
    • remember
    • possible
    • impossible
    • fail
    • succeed
    • short
    • tall
    • tame
    • wild
    • fat
    • thin
    • break
    • mend
    • someone
    • no-one
    • somewhere
    • nowhere
    • straight
    • crooked
    • strong
    • weak
    • fail
    • succeed
    • I have done
    • I have not done
    • He is eligible
    • He is ineligible
    • I cannot remember
    • I can remember
    • There were many
    • There were few
    • She was qualified
    • She was unqualified
    • freedom
    • captivity
    • busy
    • idle
    • friend
    • enemy
    • peace
    • war
    • tranquil
    • chaotic
    • play
    • fight
    • trust
    • distrust
    • buy
    • sell
    • frown
    • smile
    • pleasure
    • pain
    • truth
    • lies
    • They teach
    • They do not teach
    • full
    • empty
    • gather
    • disperse
    • polite
    • impolite
    • vain
    • modest
    • positive
    • negative
    • cause
    • result
    • generous
    • miserly
    • victory
    • defeat
    • cautious
    • reckless
    • poverty
    • wealth
    • guilty
    • innocent
    • praise
    • criticise
    • cheap
    • expensive
    • harsh
    • gentle
    • clean
    • dirty
    • present
    • absent
    • healthy
    • sick
    • heaven
    • earth
    • pretty
    • ugly
    • young
    • old
    • clever
    • stupid
    • helpful
    • helpless
    • professional
    • amateur
    • youth
    • old age
    • peace
    • adversity
    • oral
    • written
  • Prepositions are the 'small words' that usually relate two words or phrases to one another
  • Prepositions
    Words that show the relationship of one thing to another
  • There are no conventional rules for prepositions, we learn these from usage and reading
  • Prepositions usually precede nouns, pronouns, articles or gerunds
  • A noun or pronoun must follow a preposition, otherwise it is an adverb
  • Prepositions are often confused with adverbs of time and place
  • Prepositions may be used idiomatically (figuratively)
  • Phrases may contain more than one preposition
  • Avoid ending a sentence with a preposition
  • Preposition
    Otherwise it is an adverb
  • His love of fishing
    • Kept him occupied
  • There are certain recognised combinations of prepositions with adjectives and verbs