Alliteration Kinds of Rhetorical Devices Used in Wendy’s Taglines
Tagline 18
―Eat great, even late‖ 1997
Tagline 19
―The Best Burgers Yet‖ 1997-1998
Tagline 20
―You can eat great, even late‖ 2000-Present
Tagline 21
―It‘s hamburger bliss‖ 2001-2005
Tagline 23
―It‘s Always Great, Even Late‖ 2003-2007
Tagline 25
―It‘s Good To Be Square‖ 2005
Tagline 26
―Don‘t Compromise. Personalize‖ 2006
Tagline 30 ―It‘s waaay better than fast food‖ 2008
Tagline 31
―It‘s waaay better than fast food... It‘s Wendy’s.‖ 2008-2009
Tagline 32
―It‘s waaaaaaaaaay delicious. It‘s Wendy’s.‖ 2008-2009 Tagline 1 has a repetition of the vowel i. The repetition i lays in the word
quality
ˈkwɒləti, is iz, and recipe ˈresəpi. Tagline 15 places the assonance or
the vowel
ɪ in the words give ɡɪv, little ˈlɪtəl, and nibble nɪbəl. Tagline 32
also repeats the vowel
ɪ in the words it’s ɪts and delicious dɪˈlɪʃəs. Likewise,
the repetition of vowel
ɪ lays in tagline 21 which is in the word it’s ɪts and bliss
bl
ɪs. In tagline 9, the vowel ə is repeated in the word you’re jə, of əv, and
people
ˈpiːpəl. Another vowel repeated is vowel ə in tagline 30. It is in the
word better
ˈbetər and than ðən.
Subsequently, from its pronunciation, tagline 4 repeats several vowels, namely
ə, ɒ and æ. The short vowel ə is found in the words hamburgers
ˈhæmb ːɡəz and and ənd. The vowel æ is found in the words hamburgers ˈhæmb ːɡəz and napkins ˈnæpkɪn. Another vowel, the vowel ɒ, is found in
the words lot l
ɒt and of ɒv. Conversely, tagline 8 repeats the vowel eɪ and e.
The vowel e
ɪ is placed in the words ain’t eɪnt and anyplace ˈenɪpleɪs, while
the vowel e is placed in anyplace
ˈenɪpleɪs and else els. Tagline 12 places the assonance in the words best best and
Wendy’s ˈwendiz. Meanwhile, tagline 31
happens to have the similar the repetition of the vowel e in the words better
ˈbetər and Wendy’s ˈwendiz.
Tagline 18 repeats the vowels i: and e ɪ. Tagline 18 places the long vowel
i: which is found in the words eat
iːt and even ˈiːvən. Further, the vowel eɪ
also repeated is found in the words great
ɡreɪt and late leɪt. Meanwhile, in
tagline 23, the repetition of the vowel e
ɪ lays in the words always ˈɔːlweɪz,
great
ɡreɪt and late leɪt. Another tagline also repeating the vowel eɪ is tagline 7. It lays in the words taste te
ɪst and crave kreɪv. Subsequently, the similar
pattern happens in tagline 25. Tagline 25 has the repetition of the vowel ʊ. Both
of the words good
ɡʊdand to tʊ consist of the vowel ʊ. Another vowel which
is repeated is the vowel ə. It is pronounced in the words in tagline 26, namely
compromise
ˈkɒmprəmʌɪz, and personalize ˈp :sənlʌɪz. The next tagline also
repeats the similar vowel is tagline 16. The repetition is found in the words burgers
ˈb :ɡəz and business ˈbɪznəs. Furthermore, tagline 14 lays the assonance in the words fresh fre
ʃ and Wendy’s ˈwendiz which is the repetition
of the vowel e. In due course, the use of assonance creates a rhyme while the tagline is
pronounced. The mnemonic effect is Wendy’s employs the assonance for two
reasons. Firstly, it overplays the words inside the taglines. Besides, the employment of the assonance makes the audiences easily remember the words