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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
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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
Plagiarism is all too common in schools from middle school up to college. It is the easy
In our society, abortion has been a controversial topic that has led some people to take sides on the matter. These two opposing sides (pro-life and pro-choice) fight for their moral and political stance of abortion; raising the questions if abortion is morally right or whether it should be made illegal. Pro-choice activists argue that women should have a right to choose abortion and cling to the idea of freedom, whereas
The issue of Abortions has been a controversy for years now. There are two main groups for this problem, Pro-Life, and Pro-Choice. Pro-Life supports the human rights of life should be embraced, by religion and ethics. Pro-choice is when someone wants to make this choice without no remorse of human life, but because someone wants no part of it raising one.
Pro-choice describes political and ethical views that a woman should have the control over her fertility and the choice to continue or terminate her pregnancy. Pro-choice activists argue that an embryo has no rights as it is only a potential and not an actual person and its rights should not override those of the mother’s until after it is born. The right to choose to have an abortion is personal and essential to women’s lives and without this right, women cannot exercise their rights and liberties guaranteed to them by the Constitution. Without the right to choose an abortion the 14th amendment’s guarantee of liberty has little meaning for women. Another point made could include that a man can withdraw from a relationship when he finds out that his spouse is pregnant, it is only fair that women be given the same choice.
In the article, Why Investing in Fast Food May Be a Good Thing, Amy Domini begins with advocating for the Slow Food movement. However, her position changes when she poses the rhetorical question, “Why then do I find myself investing in fast-food companies?”
According to a Princeton poll, Americans remain divided on the issue and 46% are pro-life, which leaves 47% for pro-choice. The poll was conducted in May of 2014. It is still current, so not much has changed. Pro-life believes that abortion is not correct, while pro-choice believes it is a woman’s right and that should not be limited by governmental or religious authority. Pro-choice believers also say that women may resort to harmful and illegal abortions if there is no safe legal option available. While on the other side, the pro-life believers argue that parenthood begins at conception, and it is unfair to the baby to allow
Pro-life: may permit abortion if the fetus is confirmed dead within the mother’s womb. This view does not advocate abortion even at the risk of the mother’s health, they believe advancements in medical technology and psychology can save the mother life and the case where the mother’s life cannot be saved, she may have to be
Pro-choice is for female activists and their beliefs on women taking control of their own body and making their own decisions. The other side of the debate in abortion is pro-life, which is defined as murder, killing an innocent baby which has no say. It has been reported that anti-abortionists relate having an abortion to murdering someone. They believe that a murder is intentional and so is an abortion because you are planning to abort the baby (Currie, 2000,103). Results have shown that people who advocate for Pro-Life primarily are Christian or Catholic members because of the Bible. In the Bible, it does not say directly that abortion is not permitted it makes references to make it clear that God felt very strong about the fact that a fetus or embryo is still considered a human. It suggests that God creates the baby's life well its in the womb and it also says that the same penalty should be giving to someone who causes the death of the child in the womb as to someone who commits murder (Frechet, 2009). As you can see there is two very strong definitive sides to the debate of abortion, both having strong arguments.
argument to student debt existing as a major issue in the United States and its economy.
In the article, Amy Domini supports her claim that it could be beneficial for the Slow Food movement to be implemented into fast-food restaurants. However, Domini does short-sight the Slow Food movement in her article when she states that “Although we favor local, organic food, we recognize it isn’t available in every community, and is often priced above the means of the average household.” In order to dismiss this statement, Domini expresses that she believes the Slow Food movement could be implemented into fast-food restaurants. “The fast-food industry won’t go away anytime soon. But in the meantime, it can be changed. And because it’s so enormous, even seemingly modest changes can have a big impact.” Once again, Domini dismisses the Slow
Abortion, it's to some A safety net for those who aren't being safe or just get unlucky. And to a lot others it's A small scale murder that robbed A human of life and denied it a future. Abortion is “the deliberate termination of A human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy”(procon.org). This is where the battle comes in, you have pro women rights that support abortion and its help to make women feel in control of their body and then you have the group that feels in every way that a human life is getting robbed the rights and future they were granted themselves.
Domini starts off her article by recalling the ethos used through “an advocate of that Slow Food movement for many years.” Through describing some of the goals and tenets of that movement, she included the “positive effects” that it can have. Additionally she establishes the middle ground of the argument before she discusses her position. Her position is one that the Slow Food supporters are not likely to embrace. In fact, her position is presented in a weak and underwhelming sentence. Domini asks a question that that brings her audience to a question: “Why then do I find myself investing in fast food companies?” Domini then provides evidence that supports her choice to take that action in the following sentences. During this she
The country of Greece is beautiful, with towering mountains and sparkling seas. But is it really the paradise it is portrayed to be? The answer is hard, because it is known to be a wonderful place for getaways and honeymoons. There are even diets that advertise the healthiness of the greek diet and how it’ll make you live forever. Contrasting, the statistics of the country tell another story, one of unhealthiness and disease. What are the causes, what could be causing so many people to die from Coronary Heart Disease? When Coronary Heart Diseases main causes are bad habits such as unhealthy diets and smoking, and other bad life choices. Could it be that Greece is in poverty? Could the actual majority of citizens be eating unhealthy? Or is
However one may feel about abortion can be based off of many different reasons. One may feel that they are pro-life because they could never see themselves killing an innocent human being without giving it a chance to live their life as an individual while a pro-choice person may believe that aborting their child is alright because they got pregnant by
Abortion has become a common argument topic in America; numerous individuals consider themselves pro-life and others pro-choice. Those who consider themselves pro-life oppose abortion, while those who are pro-choice advocate for abortion to be legalized. I believe that abortion should be illegal and that life should be recognized upon conception.