is a main contributor to the obesity problem in the vs “Fast food ” What can you cover? What you cover? can’t is the cause of the obesity problem in the vs “Fast food US” What can you cover? What you cover? can’t food industry is a major cause of the obesity problem in the vs “The fast US” What can you cover? What you cover? can’t is the main reason for the growing obesity problem in the “Bad Nutrition US” What can you cover? What you cover? can’t For each above, can you use below as arguments?: 1)Happy meals reward kids with toys for eating fast food 2)Fat content of most pre-frozen food is higher than fresher foods in order to retain taste 3Food chemicals and additives are known to affect the metabolism, usually slowing it down 4)Advertising targeting children airs heavily on most kid channels such as Nickelodeon 5)Fast Food is cheap 6)Frozen microwaveable meals are notoriously low in nutritional value 7) Portion size is out of control compared to meal portion size from the 1950’s. HOW TO MAKE SURE YOUR TC IS IN ARGUMENTATIVE FORM By nature of being argumentative, there must exist opposite or opposing points of view. Ask this question as a test of whether your thesis is in argumentative form: What counterarguments do you expect to address OR what kinds of counterarguments may exist? If the potential ‘other side’ exists but is ridiculous, make sure you do not have a weak argument. If you can't find any possible opposite/opposing point of view to your argument, you probably don't have a thesis in argumentative form. EXAMPLES:
“Fast food is a main contributor to the obesity problem in the ” vs What can you cover? What can’t you cover? “Fast food is the cause of the obesity problem in the US” vs What can you cover? What can’t you cover? “The fast food industry is a major cause of the obesity problem in the US” vs What can you cover? What can’t you cover? “Bad Nutrition is the main reason for the growing obesity problem in the US” What can you cover? What can’t you cover? For each above, can you use below as arguments?: 1)Happy meals reward kids with toys for eating fast food 2)Fat content of most pre-frozen food is higher than fresher foods in order to retain taste 3Food chemicals and additives are known to affect the metabolism, usually slowing it down 4)Advertising targeting children airs heavily on most kid channels such as Nickelodeon 5)Fast Food is cheap 6)Frozen microwaveable meals are notoriously low in nutritional value 7) Portion size is out of control compared to meal portion size from the 1950’s. HOW TO MAKE SURE YOUR TC IS IN ARGUMENTATIVE FORM By nature of being argumentative, there must exist opposite or opposing points of view. Ask this question as a test of whether your thesis is in argumentative form: What counterarguments do you expect to address OR what kinds of counterarguments may exist? If the potential ‘other side’ exists but is ridiculous, make sure you do not have a weak argument. If you can't find any possible opposite/opposing point of view to your argument, you probably don't have a thesis in argumentative form. EXAMPLES:
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