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Answer All Questions In The Activity Box Essay

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Answer ALL questions in the ACTIVITY box.
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“For instance, in Greece, burgers and pizza are supplanting the traditional Mediterranean diet of fish, olive oil and vegetables. Doctors are treating Greek children for diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure- aliments rarely seen in the pose.”
“Another area of concern is fast-food packaging which causes forest destruction and creates a lot of waste.”
The writer finds common ground with the reader by mentioning that she is a big fan of the “Slow Food movement” but often finds herself “investing in fast-food companies”. By mentioning this it lets the reader know that they aren't the only ones that have tried to be healthy, most people buy fast-food. The author promotes dialogue …show more content…

Pro-choice- Every woman should have the right to an abortion if she wishes to do so- her body- her choice. Evidence for this claim is that the people deciding on laws about abortion are old white men when it should be women because they're the ones who are being affected. Also the people who are pro-life want to keep the baby alive but when it needs, help they deny the baby healthcare and access to welfare.

NOTE Salient Points below:
Every argument has a claim (assertion or proposition- arguments main idea or position)
Claim is different from a topic or subject
Has to take a position that someone can disagree with
Simple sentence of the topic doesn't show your position or how someone can challenge it

Evaluate and Revise each of the ten arguments: Arguable Too easily verifiable- Charter schools are a better alternative to public schools. Arguable Arguable Arguable Too easily verifiable- Students graduating from college today have more of a chance of being in debt compared to previous generations. Arguable Too easily verifiable - Print newspapers will not survive another decade because of the lack of sales.
Arguable
Too easy verifiable- Plagiarism is a serious problem in school today that are affecting grades and people later on in their life.

NOTE Salient Points below:

Claims of Fact
Something is true or not true focus on what is factual because facts are arguable when questioned, when

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