Magnasoles Shoe Inserts

The author in the article from The Onion argues that MagnaSoles shoe inserts stimulate and soothe the wearer’s feet. The author supports his or her argument by comparing MagnaSoles shoe inserts to other brands of shoe inserts. The author’s purpose is to convince consumers to buy MagnaSoles shoe inserts because they soothe and heal the foot at the same time. The author appeals to consumers who buy shoe inserts by the use of diction, hyperboles, and irony. He or she gives uses these methods to show that advertisers exaggerated and controlling. The author’s diction expresses how advertisements are often exaggerated. The authors tone and use of word choice displays his or her making fun of advertisements. The author makes up words to imitate the advertisements that try to use large and scientific sounding words to improve their product. The use of the made up words “kilofrankels”, “pain-nuclei”, and “comfortrons” make a link to words typically used in advertisements. He or she uses the made up words to make fun of advertisements that use scientific words. Consumers are often bombarded with words that they have no clue of their meaning. He or she mocks this thought by making up his or her own …show more content…
The author first use of a hyperbole is, “MagnaSoles is not just a shoe insert..it’s a total foot-rejuvenation.” The author exaggerates by using the word “foot-rejuvenation”. It is typical for advertisers to use large words to make their products seem fascinating. The soles are not actually going to rejuvenate your foot. This quote satirizes how products are marketed to consumers. The author exaggerates when saying, “If the frequency of one’s foot is out of alignment with the Earth, the entire body will suffer.” We obviously know that the whole body is not going to suffer just because of a foot being out of alignment. The author uses this exaggeration to prove that most advertisements use some form of