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2.7: “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food” by Micheal Moss

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    “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food” by Micheal Moss

    Directions

    Here, you will find “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food”

    Links to an external site.by Michael Moss and a Video Lecture

    The essay is is a ..docx file You should download the file and save it for later. Otherwise, you will not have the file to look at later. Either way, you should taking notes on the digital copy on your computer, or taking notes on the story on a separate piece of paper.

    Author's Bio:

    Michael Moss is the author of Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist formerly with the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, a keynote speaker, and a guest on shows like CBS This Morning, CNN The Lead, ATC and the Daily Show.
    His work has ranged widely from exposing the corporate interests in nursing homes to the Pentagon's failures in providing soldiers with armor, and now focuses on the food industry in the context of health, safety, nutrition, politics, marketing, and the power of individuals to gain control of what and how they eat. More on Michael here
    Links to an external site.. His next book, Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions, is being published by Random House on March 2, 2021.

    While going over the reading , keep these questions/ideas in mind:

    • What are some themes/ messages that you see in the text?
    • What does this letter make you feel/think of?
    • Does the author's use of evidence convince you? Are their sources strong?
    • Do you see examples of Ethos(credibility), Pathos(emotion), Logos(Logic), and Kairos (Rhetorical Situation)?
    • Do you see examples of the rhetorical strategies from the Rhetorical Strategies PowerPoint?
    • What are some ways this text is convincing?
    • Can you begin to connect to the words in the text. What about these word choices, imagery, allusion, makes you feel a particular way? Explain.
    • The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food.docx

    Essay 1 Prompt

    What does it mean?

    How does the text use specific rhetorical strategies to deliver its intended theme/message?

    TITLE/AUTHOR+THEME +STRATEGIES=Thesis

    Requirements:

    • Proper MLA Format
    • 3-5 pages (Full pages)
    • Works Cited Page

    Video Lecture: "The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food" 00:09:41


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