Part 1: Select a Topic Choose a topic for your persuasive essay from the list below. If you would like to write about a topic that is not on the list, please list it below within your answer to the first question to request approval. Stem cell research Prisoner reform/ Prison System Reform
Part 1: Select a Topic
Choose a topic for your persuasive essay from the list below. If you would like to write about a topic that is not on the list, please list it below within your answer to the first question to request approval.
- Stem cell research
- Prisoner reform/ Prison System Reform
- Internet Censorship
- Compensation for College Athletes
- Net Neutrality
- Marijuana
- Universal Healthcare
- Genetically modified food
- Cloning
- Abortion
- Charter schools
- Nuclear Energy
- Renewable Energy
- Educational Reform
- Minimum Wage Laws
- Cryptocurrency
- Automation
- Universal Basic Income
- Mandatory military service/Selective Service
- What is the topic you have chosen for your persuasive essay?
I have chosen the topic of Genetically modified food. (GMO)
- Begin thinking about the different issues associated with the topic you have selected, narrow your focus, and take a pro or con position for the subject of your essay. Present a simple statement of your position here. Example statement: Personal use of social media is not appropriate in the workplace.
The suspicions the integrity and environmental impacts of genetically modified foods (GMO) are deeply misguided.
- Give rationale for that stance. (50-100 words. Avoid using emotional reasoning and focus on facts and evidence to help support your rationale)?
Whereas almost all the scientific studies in this area have produced reassuring data, GMO foods have continued meet skepticism. According to Fernbach et al. (2019) and Dunn et al. (2017), genetic modification increases corn yields by a significant percentage by addressing the two major problems in grain production, namely pests and weeds. Whereas pests account of at least one third of reduction in yields, weeds account for another 10% of the loss (Hakim et al., 2020). Yet, genetic modification makes the crops resistant to both pests and weeds, enabling the delivery of a 25% increase in grains (Pham & Mandel, 2019). The effect of this is that with genetic modification of food crops, the world could use one fifth less farmland to produce the food it needs.
Section II: Identify your Audience
Review the media piece before beginning this section: http://lc.gcumedia.com/phi105/persuasive-writing-website/persuasive-writing-website-v1.1.html
Answer the following questions regarding the audience for your essay in complete sentences.
- Who is the ideal audience for this persuasive essay, and why? Please avoid naming your instructor, classmates, family, friends, and coworkers.
The effects of genetically modified (GMO) crops such as corn have met great scientific and public attention, especially because such crops are a significant portion of what the American people eat (Lefebvre et al 2019). I would like to write this essay to consumers who are constantly skeptic and suspicious of GMO foods. They are told that that the process of growing such crops have adverse health effects; and that the transfer of genes across different species contributes to unnatural experiment on human beings. This essay is also dedicated to those who believe that the techniques involved in cultivating GMO have adverse environmental effects because of the heavy use of insecticides a