These are thesis statements from student essays in a previous course I taught. After reading them over‚ consider what works or doesn’t work about each of them‚ specifically as interpretative claims regarding social practices or visual texts. While analyzing each thesis statement‚ ignore any grammatical errors or factual inaccuracies. Please print this page and bring it with you to our next class meeting. “Valentine’s Day as an American holiday is one that truly documents how this nation has both
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Schools Role in Childhood Obesity Schools play a large role in childhood obesity. The food and beverages they offer for lunch and snacks are not usually healthy. Schools need more activity time for students‚ such as sports during PE and more exercises. Not all students participate in the activities‚ they need something all students can do and enjoy. What role does school take in childhood obesity? School lunch should not offer such a variety of food; some schools have several lunch lines‚ however
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Thesis Statement for Reflective Essays Should contain: 1. Event/ topic of focus 2. Event’s impact on you Example / A friend’s forgetfulness helped me see beyond my contempt of my great grandmother to contempt of myself for loving so conditionally. Are these thesis statements or not?? This past summer’s lesson was perhaps the most memorable one yet. Gazing from across the pasture to the creek‚ I realized that love is universal among earth’s creatures‚ that they all possess the
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Causes of Obesity in America In 1835‚ Adolphe Quetelet defined the body measurements of the average person based on height and weight. “For an adult to be considered at a healthy weight‚ their body mass index must be between 18.5 and 24.9. An adult with a body mass index between 25 and 29 are considered overweight‚ and anyone above 30 is considered obese.” (HBO Documentary Films) Obesity has become a major health issue in many countries around the world. Doubling since the 1980’s‚ obesity now affects
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Preparation Outline: Vitalba Evola Topic: Childhood Obesity General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of two prevalent causes of childhood obesity. Thesis Statement: While there are many causes of childhood obesity‚ most are‚ in fact‚ preventable. Introduction I. Attention Getting Device: Our society has become a classic case of “Battle of the Bulge‚” as our society now has an alarming number of obese individuals. But this isn’t from World War II; it
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LDHPrincess Boston 000-05-5939 Ms. Verona Seymour English 120 Final Draft: Formal Documented Argumentative Essay November 23rd 2012 Childhood Obesity: Parents dilemma Cardiovascular disease‚ diabetes‚ musculoskeletal discomforts are some of the many serious health effects that should be the nightmare we all avoid. So why it is that in today’s society we are faced with the alarming fact of half of our population being obese‚ which are the causative agents to these malicious health problems
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Childhood Obesity Nasstashia Lindsey Darin Youngs March 16‚ 2015 Title: Childhood Obesity Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about childhood obesity Audience: General audience Organizational Pattern: Sequential design I. Introduction: A. Attention-getting introduction: Obesity affects one in every three American children ranging from 2-19 and does not discriminate on the basis of race‚ social status‚ or any collective standard B. Thesis statement: Obesity is‚ easily‚ America’s
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Specific Purposes: To convince others that Childhood Obesity is an epidemic with the children of today. Topic: Childhood Obesity Introduction: Childhood obesity is a major problem not only nationally but locally as well. Childhood obesity is a doorway to other major issues children suffer from in today’s society such as bullying‚ and is the major contributor to health related issues not only as a child but issues that will haunt their health in their future endeavors. Let’s Move is a fantastic
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Causes‚ consequences and challenges Of child poverty One of the major causes of childhood poverty is parental income which is one of a large complementary factors. To name a few; environmental‚ communal‚ political‚‚ and societal influences all play a role. As an example consider that; with the ever progressive move from a widespread agricultural‚ to a more localised industrial society‚ the number of jobs in many areas has decreased severely. And so the average number of "non-educated"
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These past few decades have shown drastic changes in how health is perceived. With childhood obesity raising every year this is something that needs to be recognized with a change following it. The percentage of children aged 6–11 years in the United States who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to nearly 18% in 2012. Similarly‚ the percentage of adolescents aged 12–19 years who were obese increased from 5% to nearly 21% over the same period of time (Center for Disease Control and Prevention).
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