Vocabulary
Word that means on topic, appropriate, or closely connected
What is Relevant?
This is a fact, quote, or research that backs up a claim
What is Evidence
The main crop grown industrially in the U.S.
What is corn?
Something that eats both plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
Type of paragraph that identifies and explains the similarities and differences between 2 or more people, places, things or ideas
What is Compare & Contrast?
Word that means enough
What is Sufficient?
Word that means off topic or not applicable
Irrelevant
Foods where the genetic material has been altered in a laboratory
What is a GMO (genetically modified organism)?
These cannot be used in organic farming.
What is pesticides or chemicals?
Type of paragraph that uses sensory language to paint a picture with detailed observations
What is Descriptive?
The author's reason for writing something
What is the Author's Purpose?
What is Main Claim?
Food system that does not use pesticides or chemicals but still operates like an industrial farm
What is Industrial Organic?
Food system that travels the least distance to be eaten
What is local-sustainable?
Type of paragraph that tells a story and uses sequence
The author's feelings about a topic
What is Point of View/Perspective?
Claim that reinforces, supports, or backs up the main claim or main idea in a text.
What is a Supporting Point?
The herbicide often sprayed on cornfields that is harmful to frogs but has not been studied in humans.
What is Atrazine?
This is usually not given to animals on organic farms, but almost always given to animals on industrial farms.
What is antibiotics?
Type of paragraph that gives information and cites credible sources and/or explains the topic.
What is Expository/Explanatory
Word that means to describe something in precise detail
What is Delineate?
Word used with reasoning that means an argument makes sense and is logical and factual (true).
What is Sound?
This animal grows so quickly in 7 weeks that it's legs cannot keep up
What is a chicken?
The problem of figuring out what to eat
What is 'The Omnivore's Dilemma?"
What is Topic Sentence?