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Incomplete Claim
Disciplines > Advertising > Claims > Incomplete Claim Description | Example | Discussion | See also
DescriptionStart a sentence, but do not complete it. The other person will feel forced to complete that which has been You can use familiar slogans that have been established in the past to remind people that you have a well-established product. Alternatively use complete sentences, but do not complete the claim. ExampleHave a break... (...have a Kit Kat) You know what's best. (Best what? For whom?) Winalon gives you more. (More of what?) You can be sure with EverSure. (Sure of what?) Better by far. (Better than what? By how far?) DiscussionDangling sentences use the need for completion to encourage the target people to add their own endings. When people add their own words and thoughts to a sentence then they gain more ownership of it and hence are more likely to believe it. A half sentence or half claim that you start and they complete joins you and them together, hence creating a bond between you and them. See alsoClosure principle, Completion, Bonding principle
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