TOEFL writing exercise

Some people say that advertising encourages us to buy things we really do
not need. Others say that advertisements tell us about new products that
may improve our lives. Which viewpoint do you agree with? Use specific
reasons and examples to support your answer.

It is true that we often see some advertisemets threaten people to buy products, making you hurry, exaggerating their effects, and so on. However, in my opinion, advertisemens have genarally more good points for us. This because of the following reasons. First, advertising is communication. Second, advertising makes the fashion. This essay will discuss these reasons in further detail

One of the benefitial aspects of advertisement is that it is the bridge between the company and the consumer. Through advertising, the company can inform the customers of the new product which makes the life of the customers better, while the customers can also know which product may solve the problems or needs of the customers. For example, I always had difficulty with taking the book I wanted to read because it was often heavy. However, thanks to the advertisment of the electrical book, I was able to know it would help with my problem. In this way, advertising is one of the most effective way to convey the characteristic of the new product.

Another advantage of advertising is that it makes the fashion of the new product. Some customers want to distinguish themselves with the new products. They often want not only the new feature, but also the new fashion that the product has. So, for these customers, advertising has the benefit that they can know the atmosphere which the product has, and this benefit helpes them to form their own life style. "iPod" could be the instance. By its very sophisticated advetising, they knew its characteristic or mood of iPod, then people who want to live stylish bought iPod.

In conclusion, advertising is useful for the consumers because it helps them to know how the product can improve their lives. Moreover, people who like to be different from other people can also use most of advertising, because it often makes the up to date fashion. Of course, we have to pay attention to the advertising who threaten the people not reasonably. However, until I keep it in mind, advertising will have been the good communication between the company and me.