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English Composition 1101

Sep.20.2018

Outline

Thesis Statement: Organically grown foods are healthier than conventionally grown and/or prepared foods.

I. Processing of Food

A. Chemicals, preservatives and addictive’s

B. Artificial flavorings added to make food more tasteful

C. Parasitic Illness

II. Better lifestyle

A. Doctors recommend organically grown food

B. More healthy/active

III. Dangers in the environment/society

A. Only 3% of food market is organic

B. All time high of obese people

C. 48 million cases of food poisoning

Concluding statement- Organically grown foods are healthier than processed food.

Has to be in MLA 8th Edition

In 2016, MLA adopted its newest, 8th edition format, which seeks to simplify the citation process.  

All submitted work must follow the 8th edition MLA guidelines. 

PLEASE NOTE that our required textbook has been updated to 2016 MLA standards.  However, more information is also available from:  Norton's 2016 8th edition supplement

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Purdue OWL's 8th edition MLA guides (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

· Do not use first person (I, me, my, we, us, our) or second person (you, your).  Remember that giving advice or instructions to the reader is omitted (understood) you second person:  Reduce your carbon footprint by recycling.  This sentence is an omitted (understood) you second person sentence.

Now that you have some information about your sources, you can take a position answering one of the questions on the page with the articles in Session 4.

Prepare an  outline (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.  for your MLA Essay due next week. Use one of the questions on the page with the  articles in Session 4.   Your thesis must be a one-sentence answer to one of those questions: 

1. Are organically grown foods healthier than conventionally grown and/or prepared foods?

2. Are there really health risks in the food supply in America?

Remember that we are working on an essay sequence: synthesis exercise, outline, essay.  You will be using the same articles you chose in Session 4 to do the MLA Essay.