The rhetoric behind personal ads

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04/28/2009

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Table of Contents The rhetoric behind personal ads Table of Contents

 
  1. Introduction
  2. Why do people place personal ads in the first place?
  3. The beauty of personal ads
  4. Characteristics that people mention in their ads
  5. what role does gender play in personal ads?
  6. Conclusion
  7. Bibliography

Abstract

Many people search for that one person to spend the rest of their lives with. People do this in a variety of ways and placing a personal ad in the local newspaper is only one such way. Men and women daily check personal ads in the hope of finding that "perfect person" or just for a friend. But what is it that they look for? Men have different criteria than women do, but each one is trying to persuade the other that they are "the one". Each personal ad is small essay trying to persuade their intended target that they are worth dating. People have to describe themselves in a short paragraph, and do so in such a way that they will get a response. Most people find it hard to express who they are in hundreds of pages. With personal ads, you as a person are compressed into a blurb. Even though both sexes are looking for the ideal mate, their criteria are different. Men consistently value youth and attractiveness, while women value success and education (Parrot, Strassberg, Phua, Goode).

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