advertisement

types of advertisement: commercial on TV or radio
 

poster on a wall, often with a picture on it
 

junk mail unwanted letters in the post, advertising things
 

flyer a sheet of paper with an advertisement on it, given to you in the street or pushed through your door
 

the blurb a piece of writing on the back of a book  

 which talks about the good things in it
 

the classified ads also the small ads British English short advertisements in a newspaper, in which people offer things for sale
 

the personal ads/the lonely hearts (ads) newspaper advertisements in which people say they want to meet someone for romance