Argument Summary: A Rhetorical Analysis Of Advertising

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The speaker illustrates about the pivotal information of the topic advertisement. According to the speaker, advertising products like perfumes, clothing and so on will be advertised and promoted by great personalities with attractive dressing. Furthermore, enormous efforts has been spend to achieve their goals and targets using women flawlessly. To summarize, speaker suggest to purchase the right products which is suitable and required for needs.

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