Sugar Changed World
The positive and negative impacts the sugar industry had on the world.
How is this text and Sugar Changed the World Similar?
They both highlight the positive and negative impacts of the sugar industry
What did the Coca Cola Company do throughout South and Central America?
Exploit their workers and the nations people, also making them unhealthy.
How did acquire his farm?
He inherited it
comparing things using like or as
simile
What device does the author use to show their opinion?
facts and historical examples
How does the author convey their main idea??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
They use historical facts and examples
What evidence does the author provide to support their claim?
Studies and news sources and historical examples
Why do they portray sugar in a good light?
What are two ways an author can situate an informational text? What are their meanings?
Conjecture and Facts
conjecture- bias or presenting one side of the story
facts- presenting unbiased information
Marc's ancestor created a beet sugar
Marina's ancestors worked on a sugar plantation
when did the first slave ships arrive in the Americas?
1505
What could the author be described as?
Biased
What does this medium show that we do not show than any other of the text we read SO FAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The modern refining process of sugar and its modern day benefits
What is the attitude of the author?
Tone
why does the authors use historical examples in order to support their claim?
Because sugar has had both positive and negative affects on people throughout history
Which text is most similar to this?
Sugar Changed the World
What is the author trying to convey in this text?
The negative impacts of the sugar industry on the world.
What view of sugar is portrayed in this medium?
positive
What does it mean when an author mentions another well known text?
allusion
What tone does the authors use throughout the text?
Neutral and factual
How does this text differ from Sugar Change the World
It only provides the effects that sugar had on the New World and it impacts on slavery.
conjecture
What is the issue with this form of media?
They only present the modern and best situation of sugar cane production.
What does it mean when an author only portrays one side of the argument?
conjecture