Resource Material: Course Reader Chapter 6 (attached below)
Using information from the chapter and your own knowledge and perspective, answer the following questions:
1) What is a formal definition of junk food? What is an operational definition of overeating? What is a definition from example of gluttony?
2) When considering evaluation arguments, what are “criteria� Why is establishing clear criteria important to convincing someone to agree with your evaluation? Consider the topic of transportation in a major international city. What 3 criteria would you establish to evaluate a public transportation system?
3) What criteria does the magazine U.S. News and World Report use to evaluate colleges? Which measures do you think are best to evaluate a college or university, and why?
4) What does it mean for a source to be “edited� Is it ever OK to use a biased source in writing an argument? What are the advantages of “popular†and “scholarly†sources?
