Vocabulary
An existing state or condition at a particular time (How things are)
What is Status Quo
Determine the dependent clause:
Although many people opposed the new law, the author supports it.
What is... although many people opposed the new law...?
What was the author wanting to ban?
What is large size sugary drinks?
In the text it talks about the cost-benefit that determines if a law is made. What is the cost in the story? What is the benefit?
Cost=Large sugary drinks
Benefit= healthier choices and people
Definition: Happens when someone makes a bad choice that they think is a good choice.
What is Cognitive Bias?
Able to be defended as correct, reasonable and logical.
Justifiable
Determine the type of dependent clause...
Although many people oppose the new law, the author supports it.
What is an adverb clause?
What was the counter argument?
That the ban would lead to more laws and regulations taking away people freedom and/or people do not like being told what to do.
How does this quote help support the author's argument?
Some of us can drive safely at 90 miles per hour, but we’re bound by the same laws as the people who can’t, because individual speeding laws aren’t practical
This helps support the author’s argument because it shows what the counterclaim ignores about laws.
IRRATIONAL THINKING
How does the root word -just- add to the meaning of the word adjust?
It makes the word mean "to make something right"
Definition of Impose
What is to force a law, idea, or belief on someone by authority
Determine the dependent clause:
The author supports a law that bans large-size sugary drinks.
What is... that bans large-size sugary drinks?
What is the main purpose of the text?
The main purpose of the text is to tell us why the ban is necessary/needed
Identify the counterargument:
“Of course, what people fear is that this is just the beginning: today it’s soda, tomorrow it’s the guy standing behind you making you eat your broccoli, floss your teeth, and watch PBS NewsHour every day. What this ignores is that successful paternalistic laws are done on the basis of cost-benefit analysis: if it’s too painful, it’s not a good law. Making these analyses is something the government has the resources to do, just as now it sets automobile construction standards while considering both the need for affordability and the desire for safety.”
“Of course, what people fear is that this is just the beginning: today it’s soda, tomorrow it’s the guy standing behind you making you eat your broccoli, floss your teeth, and watch PBS NewsHour every day."
Definition: A rule or law that controls or directs people's actions
What is a regulation?
Able to make decisions based on reason rather than emotion
What is Rational?
Determine the type of dependent clause...
The author supports a law that bans large-size sugary drinks.
What is a relative clause?
True or False:
The author says the benefit of banning large sugary drinks is for the greater good and helps people make better choices.
True
Explain why the author uses the parenthetical phrase in the text to support her argument:
. (Large cups of soda as symbols of human dignity? Really?)
The author uses it to support her argument because it shows that large cups of soda is not as big of a deal as they are making it seem.
How does the root word -just- add to the meaning of the word "Justice"?
It makes the word mean to fight for something fair, right, and true
Moral Rule or set of ideas about right or wrong that influences individuals to behave in a certain way
What is Principle?
Determine the dependent clause AND the type of dependent clause.
The author explains how the new law will work.
What is how the new law will work?
AND What is a noun clause?
What are 3 reasons that go against the author's side of the argument?
1.Some people enjoy drinking large sugary drinks
2. Some people can control how much soda they drink
3.Some people don’t care about their health so it does not matter to them.
Identify the rebuttal:
“Of course, what people fear is that this is just the beginning: today it’s soda, tomorrow it’s the guy standing behind you making you eat your broccoli, floss your teeth, and watch PBS NewsHour every day. What this ignores is that successful paternalistic laws are done on the basis of cost-benefit analysis: if it’s too painful, it’s not a good law. Making these analyses is something the government has the resources to do, just as now it sets automobile construction standards while considering both the need for affordability and the desire for safety.”
What this ignores is that successful paternalistic laws are done on the basis of cost-benefit analysis: if it’s too painful, it’s not a good law.
What is the point of having a rebuttal in an argumentative essay/story?
The point is that it attacks and knocks down the counter claim.