summarizing and analyzing an essay | Quick Homework Help
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about 1000 words 2-1/2 to 3 pages or longer.
You are summarizing and analyzing an essay:
Read More Pros Than Cons in a Meat-Free Life by Marjorie Lee Garretson p.1
In response, you will write a six-paragraph essay. Your essay should be at least 3 pages long.
Title
Paragraph 1 Introduction (you should have a hook, background information and a thesis giving your opinion on the quality of Garretsons argument).
Paragraph 2 Objective summary of the essay List Garretsons main points. Do not use quotations in this paragraph. (You should save quotations for Paragraphs 3, 4, and 5).
Paragraph 3 Analysis of the quality of Garretsons evidence (what types does she include? Assess the quality. What types of evidence could she have included for stronger support?)
Paragraph 4 Analysis of the quality of Garretsons writing style (word choice, her hook, her title, comparisons, organization, style, strategies)
Paragraph 5 Analysis of the quality of Garretsons counterarg. (what CA does she include? What CAs does she leave out?) I expect you to mention at least 2 counterargs she leaves out.
Paragraph 6 Conclusion Restate your thesis in fresh language, sum up and try to have a very strong last line (parting shot).
NOTE:
I expect to see some direct quotations from the essay in your analysis. Aim for at least 2 quotations. You can cite as so: She presents one stat in this formula: To produce one pound of meat it is estimated to require 16 pounds of grain and up to 5,000 gallons of water (Garretson 1), but she does not cite her source, and this estimate seems inflated.”
I would also expect you to point out at least 2 logical fallacies, as well as at least 2 significant counterargument she leaves out. You can include her log. fall. in the quality of her writing or along with the counterargument. But you could also consider logical fallacies and appeals in a paragraph by itself, if you prefer.
More Pros than Cons in a Meat-Free Life
By Marjorie Lee Garretson | Special to the Daily Mississippian
ARTICLE | APRIL 13, 2010 – 10:38PM
What would you say if I told you there was a way to improve your overall health, decrease environmental waste and save animals from inhumane treatment at the same time? You would probably ask how this is possible. The answer is quite simple: go vegetarian. Vegetarians are often labeled as different or odd, but if you take a closer look at their actions, vegetarians reap multiple benefits meat eaters often overlook or choose to ignore for convenience.
The health benefits vegetarians acquire lead us to wonder why more people are not jumping on the meat-free bandwagon. On average, vegetarians have lower a body mass index, significantly decreased cancer rates and longer life expectancies. In addition, Alzheimers disease and osteoporosis were linked to diets containing dairy, eggs and meat.
The environment also encounters benefits from vegetarians. It takes less energy and waste to produce vegetables and grains than the energy required to produce meat. To produce one pound of meat it is estimated to require 16 pounds of grain and up to 5,000 gallons of water, which comes from adding the water used to grow the grain crop as well as the animals personal water consumption. Also, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, the runoff of fecal matter from meat factories is the single most detrimental pollutant to our water supply. In fact, it is said to be the most significant pollutant in comparison to sources of all other industries combined.
The inhumane treatment of animals is common at most animal factories. The living conditions chickens, cows, pigs and other livestock are forced into are far removed from their natural habitats. The goal of animal agriculture nowadays seems to be minimizing costs without attention to the sacrifices being made to do so. Animals are crammed into small cages where they often cannot even turn around. Exercise is denied to the animals to increase energy toward the production of meat. Female cows are pumped with hormones to allow their bodies to produce triple the amount of milk they are naturally capable of. Chickens are stuffed tightly into wire cages, and conditions are manipulated to increase egg production cycles. When chickens no longer lay eggs and cows cannot produce milk, they are transported to slaughterhouses where their lives are taken from them often piece by piece.
Animal factory farms do a great job convincing Americans that their industry is vital to our health because of the protein, calcium and other nutrients available in chicken, beef and milk. We are bombarded with Got Milk? ads featuring various celebrities with white milk mustaches. We are told the egg is a healthy breakfast choice and lean protein is the basis of many good weight loss diets. What all of the ads and campaigns for animal products leave out are all the hormones injected into the animals to maximize production. Also, the tight living conditions allows for feces to contaminate the animals, their environment and the potential meat they are growing. It is ironic how irate Americans react to puppy mills and the inhumane treatment of household pets, but for our meat and dairy products we look the other way. We pretend it is fine to confine cows, pigs and chickens to tiny spaces and give them hormones and treat them inhumanely in their life and often in the way they are killed. We then cook and consume them at our dinner tables with our families and friends.
Therefore, I encourage you to consider a meat-free lifestyle not only for the sake of the animals and the environment, but most importantly your personal health. All of your daily nutrients can be found in plant-based sources, and oftentimes when you make the switch to being a vegetarian, your food choices expand because you are willing to use vegetables and grains in innovative ways at the dinner table. Going vegetarian is a life changing decision and one you can be proud of because you know it is for your own health as well as the greater good.
