Questions on Lundberg's Eating Green
Yasmeen shareef
ENG 1301
03 March 2015
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Eating Green
1What is Lundberg’s THESIS, and where does she state it? Lundberg’s thesis statements was about healthy food and how people should avoid meat and be a vegetarians ,and she gave a lot of information how meat is bad for our health.
2How,according to Lundbergs,does ‘’the standard American diet’’ (par.4) damage the environment? summarize the main points she uses to support her claim. In paragraph four lundberg’s described how the standard American diet damage the environment and she said,’’Dieticain Kate Geagan compares the environmental impact of the American diet that of ‘’our love affair with SUVs’’ warning that the energy use involved in the production
,transport,processing,packaging,storing,and preparation of food is now the single largest contributor to global warming. 3Why does Lundberg note that the nitrous oxide by cow manure is ‘’a greenhouse gas that is three hundred times more potent than carbon dioxide’’ (par.5) what point is she making here? Because livestock manure is the source of two third of the man made nitrous oxide now circulating in our atmosphere. So she is trying to tell how meat is bad for our health ,also she is trying to find out informations about the livestock and how they eat to prove her statement. 4What does lundberg Assume about her audience? To what extent do you fit her assumptions? 5What would you say is Lundberg’s purpose in this argument? Does she really expect readers to give up meat entirely? what in essay supports your answer?
ENG 1301
03 March 2015
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Eating Green
1What is Lundberg’s THESIS, and where does she state it? Lundberg’s thesis statements was about healthy food and how people should avoid meat and be a vegetarians ,and she gave a lot of information how meat is bad for our health.
2How,according to Lundbergs,does ‘’the standard American diet’’ (par.4) damage the environment? summarize the main points she uses to support her claim. In paragraph four lundberg’s described how the standard American diet damage the environment and she said,’’Dieticain Kate Geagan compares the environmental impact of the American diet that of ‘’our love affair with SUVs’’ warning that the energy use involved in the production
,transport,processing,packaging,storing,and preparation of food is now the single largest contributor to global warming. 3Why does Lundberg note that the nitrous oxide by cow manure is ‘’a greenhouse gas that is three hundred times more potent than carbon dioxide’’ (par.5) what point is she making here? Because livestock manure is the source of two third of the man made nitrous oxide now circulating in our atmosphere. So she is trying to tell how meat is bad for our health ,also she is trying to find out informations about the livestock and how they eat to prove her statement. 4What does lundberg Assume about her audience? To what extent do you fit her assumptions? 5What would you say is Lundberg’s purpose in this argument? Does she really expect readers to give up meat entirely? what in essay supports your answer?