Chicken: Our Best Friend
Chicken is the best-selling meat today for a number of good reasons. First of all, its reasonable cost puts it within everyone's reach. Chicken is popular, too, because it can be prepared in so many different ways. It can, for example, be cooked by itself, in spaghetti sauce, or with noodles and gravy. It can be baked, boiled, broiled, or fried. Chicken is also convenient. Last and most important, chicken has a high nutritional value. Four ounces of chicken contain twenty-eight grams of protein, which is almost half the recommended daily dietary allowance.
Activity 5: The clarity of evidence
The paragraph below should use climactic (or emphatic) order. Number its main events in order of importance: from the least to the most intense. Put 1 before the reason that seems slightly less important than the other two, 2 before the second most important reason, and 3 before the most important reason:
_____Obscene phone caller
_____Crime increase in neighborhood
_____News stories about crime
Why I Bought a Handgun
I bought a handgun to keep in my house for several reasons. Most important, I have had a frightening experience with an obscene phone caller. For several weeks, a man has called me once or twice a day, sometimes as late as three in the morning. As soon as I pick up the phone, he whispers something obscene or threatens me by saying, "I'll get you." I decided to buy a gun because crime is increasing in my neighborhood. One neighbor's house was burglarized while she was at work; the thieves not only stole her appliances but also threw paint around her living room and slashed her furniture. Not long after this incident, an elderly woman from the apartment house on the corner was mugged on her way to the supermarket. The man grabbed her purse and threw her to the ground, breaking her hip. Buying a gun was my response to listening to the nightly news. It seemed that every news story involved violence of some kind—rapes, murders, muggings, and robberies. I wondered if some of the victims in the stories would still be alive if they had been able to frighten the criminal off with a gun. As time passed, I became more convinced that I should keep a gun in the house.
(Source: Langan, John (2008). English Skills with Readings)
Reminder:
Hand in your MR(a)D sections
Homework:
Write your report introduction. Remember to include the following elements:
Background & motivation for your investigation
The point of your argument: its purpose, major claim, and/or topic
Preview of your report structure and/or main findings.