Essay 2 – Will calorie counts on restaurant menus lead to healthier customer choices?
You have been provided with a Pro stance (Wootan) and a Con stance (Yelowitz) from CQ Researcher; the Pro/Con debate is on page 17 of this 28 page file:
https://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/getpdf.php?id=cqresrre2019021500
For direct access to the pro and con positions click this:
Fast-Food Shakeout_CQR_1.pdf (uky.edu)
Here is a link to the entire article – you can also access the entire article by logging into the library – and then looking through CQ Researcher for the title “Fast-Food Shakeout.”
Fast-Food Shakeout: CQR (oclc.org)
If you want to learn more about this topic, then you can review the rest of the report.
Prompt: Will calorie counts on restaurant menus lead to healthier customer choices? Your major proposition must take a position for or against this idea. Remember, it must be one simple sentence that is underlined.
Length: 2-3 pages in MLA format
Sources: You must cite BOTH Wootan and Yelowitz. You will choose a major proposition, so you will use one source to support you, and you will argue against the other source. You can cite other works included in the report, but it is not necessary. The bulk of your argument must focus on responding to the positions put forward by Wootan and Yelowitz. You will include an MLA Works Cited with these sources listed.
BONUS – OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT FOR THREE POINTS! these listings are not part of Essay Two but are provided in case you wish to earn three extra points. HOw would these listings appear in Worls Cited page?
Instructions: Write a Works Cited page for the following publications. This is a separate Works Cited page and the publications noted below must be cited correctly. To earn the extra credit, both listings should appear as if they were both on a Works Cited page.
1. The article “The New Magic Machines” by David Fischer appeared in U.S. News & World Report (March 18, 1996, Volume 120, No. 11), pages 60-64.
2. Semantics: Arriving at Meaning was written in 1993 by Richard Ambacher. It was published by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, located in Dubuque, Iowa.
