Evaluation argeumnt " Smoking cicrater"

Requirements:

· 3-4 pages (approx. 750-1000 words)

· An enthymeme: for this paper your claim will be something like “This ‘text’ is (or is not) a good ____________ ,” and your reasons will involve the criteria you have developed.

· Criteria: 2-3 criterion for the evaluation category you’ve selected.

· Grounds (evidence) from the “text” that shows how it matches the criteria (e.g., images, dialogue, or a description of the plot). [footnoteRef:1] You are not required to incorporate additional sources, but may do so if you want to or feel you need to. [1: ]

· Please note that, if you have chosen a visual genre, I encourage you to incorporate an image or two as evidence (though you are not required to do so). However, if you do incorporate an image, be sure to provide a few sentences discussing and analyzing that image. Doing so provides justification for your use of the image. Also, please note that the images themselves will not count towards the length requirement (which is why both a page count and word count are provided).

· You are not required to address warrants (underlying assumptions) for this essay.

Use the information below the picture to organize a paper that meets all of the above requirements. I am supposed to evaluate how this picture is a good representation of addiction awareness. How this picture highlights the addictive nature of cigarettes.

The above advertisement provides a good representation of addiction awareness. The different aspects of addiction are all covered in this depiction. The definition used to determine the category is as follows: “Addiction is a condition that results when a person ingests a substance or engages in an activity that can be pleasurable but the continued use/act of which becomes compulsive and interferes with ordinary life responsibilities, such as work, relationships, or health. Users may not be aware that their behavior is out of control and causing problems for themselves and others” (Addiction). More specifically, this text highlights drug addiction.

1. The fishhook takes the viewer into the mind of the fish. We know that a fish can’t control the compulsion to eat food on the end of a hook. That is precisely why fishing with a hook is so effective. Therefore, we consider the compulsion to continue to consume drugs, specifically tobacco in the form of cigarettes, even at the expense of being “hooked”. The more you use the tobacco product (the more a fish eats food) the greater the compulsion and therefore the more you want to smoke a cigarette (the more a fish learns that food is good) regardless of the consequences.

2. There are a couple of things that point to the fact that an addiction will interfere with “ordinary life responsibilities.” Pointing out that the average smoker uses 5,000 cigarettes every year is quite an alarming statistic. Considering the cost alone of such a habit points to its interference with ordinary life and monetary obligations that everyone has.

3. The use of the word “need” brings home the fact that once you have been smoking for some time you will have to continue smoking. This term highlights that it is no longer a choice. Many smokers lose their ability to control how many cigarettes, or when, they smoke.

4. This photo emphasizes the mouth. Smoking is very harmful to the mouth, esophagus and lungs. There are several cancers that smoking can cause. It looks like having a hook in your mouth would be quite painful. This pales in comparison to the pain that you would experience if you had cancer in your mouth, or your neck, or your lungs.

5. This photo ad pictures a girl in her youth. Often addictions start at young ages when people are more innocent and less aware of consequences. It is important to bring this up when discussing addiction. This photo does a good job of notifying young people that they will become addicted if they choose to indulge in such bad habbits…

“Addiction.” Psychology Today: Health, Help, Happiness. Sussex Publishers. Web. 18 Nov. 2014. <http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/addiction>.