Unit 1 Advertising With the development of the economy, advertisements have become an important part of our lives, which use words and pictures to persuade people to buy a product or service, or to believe in an idea
There are two main types of advertisements
A commercial advertisement is one which someone has paid for to advertise a product or service
Although there are laws to protect people from advertisements thatcheat people, we must be aware of the skilful methods used in ads to try and sell us things, which make us feel pleasedwith the nice comment about a product
Even if an ad does not lie, it does not mean it is altogetherinnocent
We must not fall for this kind oftrick
Another kind of ads is PSAs which aremeant to educate people about health, safety, or any other problem that affe