Food choices

Explore your topic (3 points)

What forces affect our food choices? Look over the last week discussion and list the force(s) and/or interrelationships that you choose to explore in your essay 2. limit your topic to one, tow or three forces.

Look over your readings we’ve worked with so far. What information or ideas from them do you feel are important to consider in answering this question? What does your own experience reveal about food choices? Brainstorm, list, cluster or free write your thoughts and ideas.

Establish your statement (10 points)

Building upon the focus you chose above, write your answer to the question: What forces affect our food choices?

Check your thesis.

Does your thesis statement answer the question: What forces affect our food choices?

Does the thesis answer why or how?

Is it too broad or too narrow?

Is it accurate, or does it need to be qualified?

Who are the possible audiences for this essay? Does it have a tone/voice that is appropriate to those audiences?

Is it written in specific language? Is it clear? Is it wordy?

Is your thesis focused on one force or two-three forces that affect our food choices? (To develop a solid research paper remember to limit your answer to one force or 2-3 forces only).

If you answered ‘no’ to any of the above questions, go back and rewrite your thesis statement.

Know your audience (5 points)

Who are your readers?

Is your audience specialized (for example, astrophysicists) or more general (anybody who shops in a supermarket)?

What do you know about your audience’s age, gender, education, religious affiliation, socioeconomic status, and political attitudes?

What do your readers need to know in order to understand your thesis and support?

Will your audience be interested, open-minded, resistant, objective or hostile to what you are saying?

Is there any specialized language that your audience must have to understand your subject or that you should avoid?

What do you want your audience to do as a result of reading your essay?

Define your purpose (2 points)

What purpose do you want to achieve with your audience?