Cause-Effect Essay Assignment: Focus on EffectsPeople are becoming increasingly interested in the nutritional value, safety, and variety of the food that they consume. Science has led to much of that interest. Every week, new food science research is published about which food is healthy and which is not, and often the results change or are contradictory. At the same time, scientists from fields such as genetic engineering and molecular gastronomy are creating new varieties of food or new combinations of food. As a result, consumers are now presented with a huge amount of information and choices about the food they eat. Is this a negative or positive trend?In your opinion, has science had a mostly positive or a mostly negative effect on our diet the food we choose to eat? Focus on either the positive or the negative effects, not both. Support your opinion with evidence from the texts provided by your teacher.Include:
An introduction introducing the impact of science on our food choices
A thesis statement focusing on the negative or positive effects of science on our food choices
Three body paragraphs with clear topic sentences explaining 3 effects
At least 3 citations of supporting evidence from the classroom texts (Two must be paraphrases and one must be a quotation.) Use the format:
According to Eating Well: Less Science, More Common Sense, we are
Carly Schuna in Exercise and Diet in College says that
A conclusion restating the thesis and concluding with a recommendation or prediction.Sources:
Use only your own ideas and ideas from the texts in your reading book or from those texts provided by your teacher. You may read additional articles on the topic on the Internet to expand your background knowledge, but please paraphrase or quote only from those articles provided in class. This will ensure that the teacher can help you to learn how to accurately cite sources, paraphrase, and quote before you venture out into your own research projects in future classes.