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GraffitiArt
FinalDefinationalPaper
Karen Brooks
Mariela Hristova
RHE 306
April 24, 2005
Socially Acceptable
art please, every one with style knows,
where else are you going to get this free art show.
the way it stands out and glows,
look at the lines and how well they flow,
graffiti artist are the most talented and creative, but this we already know.
-Jayson (RED) from the Art Institute of Colorado, Colorado Springs (Is Graffiti Art?)
You see it in subways, walls and museums. It is loud, bright and socially unacceptable. It can be legal, or not. Is it art? Graffiti has been banned and shunned, yet is cultivated and sold as high-class art. In the past, judgment to determine art was held by the select few that commissioned and taught art. Current perceptions of art are formed in the minds of the general public. The variance of individual tastes and opinions make a set definition of art problematic. My case is not all-inclusive capturing the essence of art, but focusing on the characteristics that are relevant to the controversy of graffiti. No single criteria includes or excludes a piece of work as art. Graffiti is art based on the following criteria: artistic elements and techniques; artist's intention and meaning; recognition by the professional world; history and culture; and other subjective characteristics include aesthetics and beauty. Arguments against qualifying graffiti as art: its legal legitimacy, rejection, and public misinterpretation are all founded on flawed perspectives.
Graffiti is art because of its artistic elements and techniques. Graffiti art typically emphasizes the artistic elements of line, movement and color, but can include perspectives and shading. Graffiti art, known as graffiti writing, is a complex process starting with an outline, then the fill in, color, three-dimensional shade and an optional background. During the late 1960's lettering styles emerged from New York; types of graffiti include bubble, computer, gothic, 3-D and wildstyle, an elaborate interconnecting pattern that is almost illegible (Silver). In addition to the many forms of calligraphy, blending colors and cartoon characters are another part of graffiti's form. Arrows are a large element in graffiti, accentuating letters' slant and energy. The graffiti movement has expanded beyond New York and traditional lettering. Some artists have become known for their iconic graphics rather than lettering, others deal only in abstract colors and patterns. On the other hand graffiti artist, or graffitist for short, El Kitsch Tasso's style is almost photorealistic. Tasso's work is so popular that most of it is commissioned and legal (Harrison). The unique style, process and artistic elements qualify graffiti writing as a class of art.
Graffiti's art status is affirmed by its intentionality. Although a piece of art might appear haphazard, artistic styles have their own meaning. "It is art because it is engaged for its own sake" (Harrison). Even though many ignorantly believe that graffiti is casual and inadvertent, "graffiti art is not a spontaneous activity like tagging in the form of fancy scribble" (Stowers). Writers give much consideration and planning to their work. Their intent may be political, social, revolutionary, cultural, creative and assertive of identity. Graffitist's motivation is often dedicated and strong, often a mission. Now in the Army, Skeme, a former graffiti artist, said the determination and mission-mindset graffiti prepared him for the tactical military mind-set (Silver).
Once a style is accepted by the accredited art community, many will consider it as art even if it does not match their personal taste. Graffiti is art because of its recognition in professional artistic galleries validates it as art. In the 1970's galleries in New York and Europe brought graffiti art to an international level. For example, Lee Quinones, a renowned graffitist, was invited to exhibit his work on canvas in Claudio Bruni's Galleria Madusa in Rome. Also, an art dealer, Yaki Kornblit of Denmark, helped establish the careers of a few graffiti artists between 1984 and 1985 at Museum Boyanano von Beuningen in Rotterdam" (Stowers). Barry McGee, "Twist", completed a mural for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Every art genre has a past and a culture. To fully understand and value a style of art one must recognize or know its history. Graffiti's rich tradition and roots strengthen its qualification as art. Modern graffiti originated in New York in the late 1960's and was first know as "New-York" graffiti. The largest promotion of graffiti has been the sub-culture Hip-Hop which originated in the Bronx. Graffiti is an equal part of the four elements of Hip-Hop culture. Rap is the spoken musical form, DJing or spinning records is manipulation and compilation of Hip-Hop music, break dancing also known as B-Boying is the dance mode and graffiti is the visual counterpart. Initially these components were integrated tightly; many graffitists were also break dancers, rappers, and DJ's. Hip-Hop's culture is unique in that is has spread all over the world and graffiti knows no racial, gender, economic, ethnic or age boundaries. One graffitist, Johana Guerra, says the graffiti he creates is an ethnic and cultural expression, "Graffiti lights up the community. It makes "el barrio" more colorful. When I draw, I try to show my love for my "Raza", my people, my art, my Mexican pride. Through graffiti I can express [the] feeling that I have so strongly for my culture" (Is Graffiti Art?). Whether in the barrio in Los Angeles, the ghetto in New York City or Latin America, graffiti expresses the culture of its creator and holds an artistic past in the heart of Hip-Hop generations.
Just as graffiti art's culture is diverse and showy, equally is its appearance. Graffiti art possesses copious artistic and aesthetic properties. Graffiti art is highly geometric emphasizing artistic elements such as line, form and arrangement combined to parallel the strong rhythm and emotion in rap music. Bold colors, energy, intensity contribute to the emotional draw of graffiti. Graffitist Doze says graffiti art is pure and unapologetic; its creation of motion is fundamental, "tilting letters makes them alive" (Style).
Despite the overwhelming evidence that graffiti qualifies as art by these characteristics, graffiti is unwelcome and misunderstood by conventional society. A challenge to graffiti art is that it is "forced upon the public" by appearing in nontraditional artistic settings (Stowers). However, many businesses use graffiti as attention-grabbing advertisements, recognizing the public's positive reaction to this art form. Rheingold Brewing Company paid graffiti writers to paint their window shades as innovative commercial advertisements. Another business owner Nelson Plasencio, of a New York tailor shop has utilized graffiti as a marketing tactic. He says that graffiti brightens up the appearance of the building and attracts costumers (Barron). Graffiti can be found all over the marketplace, including fashion design. Although clothing style does not dictate art, it reflects the public's aesthetic appreciation. Graffiti fashion can be found on shirts, shoes, hats, purses and jeans; Escada has a perfume called "Sexy Graffiti" and Nokia has cell phone face plates with graffiti designs. Carlos Rodriguez, or "Mare," started graffiti as an adolescent and has turned his graffiti into a profession. He designed a BET award, and sells graffiti-inspired or styled sculpture and canvas art for an occupation (Silver).
Regardless of this commercial and public acknowledgment, the government remains opposed in lieu of graffiti's illegitimacy, labeling it as vandalism. Society tends to look down on criminal activity. San Diego's website posts graffiti as, "A Sign of Urban Decay" and an agent of alarm, "graffiti generates fear of neighborhood crime and instability". It goes further to define graffiti in a city ordinance in 2000 as, "any unauthorized inscription, word, figure, picture, or design that is sprayed, marked, cut, posted, pasted or otherwise affixed, drawn or painted on any surface of public or private property" (Graffiti Control). San Diego's definition is ambiguous enough to catalog garage-sale advertisements on traffic signs as graffiti. There is a necessary distinction between legal and illegal graffiti. A website detailing graffiti art in Barcelona distinguishes America from the rest of the world as unable to "recognize the differences between graffiti and vandalism" (Barcelona). This declaration stems from the problem of graffiti's broad definition. Graffiti literally includes any carving, scratching, painting or writing on a wall or surface. In the modern graffiti world there are two kinds of popular graffiti-bombing (also known as tagging) and writing. Bombing consists of anything from bathroom scribbles to unsolicited markings on private or public property. "Bombers" write over other's work and contain no visual design; bombers focus on producing quantity rather than quality. On the other hand graffiti writing is a, "creative method of communicating identity, expression, and ideas" (Stowers); writing focuses on art. "The difference between tagging and art is the difference between writing a statement and writing a whole paper," says graffitist DadOneLove (Davila). Seattle Councilman Nick Licata, addresses the gap between the idea using the terms-graffiti and graffiti-style art, "Graffiti is undesirable and should be eradicated." But graffiti-style art is different, "like other forms of visual art [it] does have merit" (Davila). This brings up a common argument against graffiti. The issue of what something is does not change because of where it is-the location of a piece of work does not change its definition. Graffiti writer Barry McGee, also know by his tag name "Twist," affirms the contradiction that people approve of his art inside the studio and galleries and rebuke his art on the streets, "I do [graffiti] with the same hand and people say, 'this is great, I love this stuff [graffiti art]' and walk on the street and say, 'I wish they would get rid of this stuff [graffiti art]' in reference to my [graffiti]" (Barry McGee). Though graffiti, as defacement, is illegal, legality is irrelevant to the classification of art. It is possible for graffiti to be both illegal and art. Especially since governmental recognition of graffiti is evident from LA to Chicago. Local authorities have commissioned graffiti-style murals to decorate their cities and deter illegal graffiti by providing legal opportunities. The Mural Arts Program of Philadelphia has sponsored more than 2,300 murals in the past 20 years. The program started in 1984 to legally channel graffiti artists' talent to inner-city beautification (Ramsdale).
Further criticism from unwilling audiences stems from graffiti's ambiguity and indecipherable form. Of all the criticisms of graffiti, this one has the least merit; countless accepted art genres initially produced the same effect from the public. Institutional recognition of a style as art is not necessary (as most were originally shunned by the public). Cubism, surrealism, dadaism, impressionism, fauvism, and expressionism are all movements of art the public rejected.
Clearly graffiti's artistic elements, intention, professional recognition, history and culture and aesthetics name graffiti as art. Unlike most art periods, Hip-Hop culture has lasted decades and spread to communities around the world. Still, mass public acceptance and appreciation of graffiti will be long after its birth; rejection is society's typical reaction. Throughout history, art genres, from Monet's impressionism to Jazz music, have "raised from the ashes" of minorities or the poor or young. This is visibly the case concerning Hip-Hop culture and graffiti writing. So when a train flies by with the bright spray paint of American youth, a wall downtown yells the loud marks of spray-paint art be attentive-you might see the same painting displayed under "graffitism" in the art books someday.
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Barron, James. "Welcoming Graffiti as a Partner in Promotion." The New York Times 14 Nov. 2004, Late ed., sec. 14: 8.
"Barry McGee, Graffiti Interview, Is Graffiti Art? Forum." PBS. 2005. 20 Apr. 2005
Davila, Florangela. "Is Graffiti Art an Oxymoron?" The Seattle Times 15 Oct. 2004, Fourth ed., sec. ROP ZONE: H51.
"Graffiti Control Program About Graffiti What is Graffiti?" America's Finest City: The City of San Diego. 2005. 20 Apr. 2005
Harrison, Ben. "Art Gets a Spray." Courier Mail [Queensland] 8 Jan. 2005, sec. BAM: M08.
Ramsdale, Jack. "The Murals of Philadelphia." The Ford Foundation Report 35.3 (Summer 2004): 19.
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Stowers, George C. "Graffiti Art: An Essay Concerning the Recognition of Some Forms of Graffiti As Art." Unpublished essay, Fall 1997. Art Crimes the Writing on the Wall. 2005. 20 Apr. 2005
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Health and Safty proposal
1. What will be the topic of your definition argument? Explain.
What should be considered ADD?
2. Write a first-pass definition thesis that your paper will support. The claim must identify a choice of a specific case, a category and at least two or three preliminary criteria.
Just because a child talks wont sit still doesn't mean he or she has ADD
3. Describe an audience that would find your claim interesting or controversial. Why would they care about your claim?
Any Parent, soon to be parent, Teachers School
4. List some items that are obvious members of the category, some that are non-members, and some borderline cases.
Border line cases-children that talk too much in class children that that do not sit still children
Non-members children that pose no problem in class
March 29, 2005
TopicProposalPaper 3_Materialism
1. What will be the topic of your definition argument? Explain.
The topic of my argument is, are Americans excessively materialistic?
2. Write a first-pass definition thesis that your paper will support. The claim must identify a choice of a specific case, a category and at least two or three preliminary criteria.
Materialistic people have excessive regard for worldly concerns. Most of the Americans give greatest value to worldly possessions and physical well being
3. Describe an audience that would find your claim interesting or controversial. Why would they care about your claim?
It would be of great interest to most of the people because Americans are materialistic
4. List some items that are obvious members of the category, some that are non-members, and some borderline cases.
March 28, 2005
Topic Proposal - Performance Enhancers
Health & Safety: Topic Proposal
1. What will be the topic of your definition argument? Explain.
My topic will be about performance enhancing drugs (ped) in sports. I will try to define when PEDs are being abused and how fair/unfair they are.
2. Write a first-pass definition thesis that your paper will support. The claim must identify a choice of a specific case, a category and at least two or three preliminary criteria.
PEDs are a controversial topic. They affect people differently and give athletes (professional and amateur) advantages over people who don't use PEDs. Also, it is not fair since not everyone has access to the PEDs.
3. Describe an audience that would find your claim interesting or controversial. Why would they care about your claim?
My audience includes athletes and anyone involved in sports. They should care because the policies, rules, and controversy affects them in some manner.
4. List some items that are obvious members of the category, some that are non-members, and some borderline cases.
Members: athletes who use PEDs, athletes who do not. Non-Members: people in the sports industry, coaches, management, etc. Border-Line: athletes who use PEDs and abuse them for competitive gain and/or dependent on them.
spanking a child is not child abuse
1. What will be the topic of your definition argument? Explain.
Spanking a child is not child abuse.
2. Write a first-pass definition thesis that your paper will support. The claim must identify a choice of a specific case, a category and at least two or three preliminary criteria.
Abuse is X, and child abuse is Y, spanking a child is not X or Y, therefore, spanking a child is not child abuse.
3. Describe an audience that would find your claim interesting or controversial. Why would they care about your claim?
I think parents would like to know how the law describes child abuse, and if their discipline-style is within the limits of "abuse"
4. List some items that are obvious members of the category, some that are non-members, and some borderline cases.
adderrall
1. What will be the topic of your definition argument? Explain.
My topic for the definition argument paper will be Adderall- a performance enhancing drug; I will be discussing its purpose vs. its abuse- a common trend among young adults.
2. Write a first-pass definition thesis that your paper will support. The claim must identify a choice of a specific case, a category and at least two or three preliminary criteria.
Adderall is a performance enhancing drug used for concentration benefits. The use of adderall, especially in students and young adults has grown to be a popular option for better test scores as a result of increased awareness. However this drug, and other similar drugs has grown to be abused by students.
3. Describe an audience that would find your claim interesting or controversial. Why would they care about your claim?
The audience would consist of teenagers/ college students and the parents of teenagers and college students. Parents are always looking out for their children's safety; today's parents want the best for their kids. With greater competition between grades, SATs and college acceptances, and jobs in the workplace, students are always looking for a way to come out on the top in order to succeed in the future. This argument will be aimed towards this audience of young adults and their parents because this issue is held more important with these populations.
4. List some items that are obvious members of the category, some that are non-members, and some borderline cases.
Obvious members of the performance enhancing drugs: steroids, concentration enhancing drugs such as ridalin, adderall, etc.
Non members might be:
Proposal topic
Health & Safety: Topic Proposal
1. What will be the topic of your definition argument? Explain.
Body modification: an act of trendy, twenty-first century self-expression or a body mutilating health hazard, physical and mental?
2. Write a first-pass definition thesis that your paper will support. The claim must identify a choice of a specific case, a category and at least two or three preliminary criteria.
Body modification: an act of trendy, twenty-first century self-expression or a body mutilating health hazard, physical and mental?
Does making modification illegal break freedom from self-expression or is it
preventing a spreading health hazard
3. Describe an audience that would find your claim interesting or controversial. Why would they care about your claim?
People with body modifications (split tongues, scarification, piercing etc...) who think of it as freedom for expression vs. doctors and such who think of it as an extreme health hazard.
4. List some items that are obvious members of the category, some that are non-members, and some borderline cases.
genetic enhancement of people and animals
ear piercing in children
forgien bodies put into a live body to save it (pacemakers)
Tomato
Health & Safety: Topic Proposal
1. What will be the topic of your definition argument? Explain.
My topic of a definition argument will be what is considered a fruit.
2. Write a first-pass definition thesis that your paper will support. The claim must identify a choice of a specific case, a category and at least two or three preliminary criteria.
I will argue that a tomato is a fruit.
3. Describe an audience that would find your claim interesting or controversial. Why would they care about your claim?
The audience that would care about my case would be the consumers and the manufactures of a tomato. They would care because the prices of either a fruit or vegetable are different.
4. List some items that are obvious members of the category, some that are non-members, and some borderline cases.
Fruit: grapes, strawberries, watermelon
Vegetable: carrots, celery, lettuce
Borderline: tomato
topic proposal
1. What will be the topic of your definition argument? Explain.
When to force a mentally ill person to take their medication or be involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital. When a person is determined to be too mentally disabled or violent to decide for himself whether or not to take their medication.
2. Write a first-pass definition thesis that your paper will support. The claim must identify a choice of a specific case, a category and at least two or three preliminary criteria.
My paper will support the authorities right to force a mentally ill person to take their medication or be committed for 72 hrs. and be evaluated. The specific case is the New York legislation that many are trying to get passed that would bring about the forced medication taking for mentally ill people and the evaluation if they don't take it. I guess the category is the care of the mentally ill, and the criteria would be how mentally ill or violent does a person have to be to be forced to take their medication.
3. Describe an audience that would find your claim interesting or controversial. Why would they care about your claim?
I think people that had mentally ill relatives, and doctors, psychologists , and those involved in the care of the mentally ill. They would care about the claim because it directly affects their lives, and the lives of relatives and patients.
4. List some items that are obvious members of the category, some that are non-members, and some borderline cases.
I guess obvious members of the category of mentally ill people forced to take medication would be seriously violent offenders, and people unable to take care of themselves while non-members would be those with mental illness but would could still function in society, and borderline cases would be people with mild behavioral or understanding issues.
Stem cell Research
1. What will be the topic of your definition argument? Explain.
CLONING. Cloning is a process of genetically creating an identical human being from a sample DNA. People opposing the idea of cloning believe it is not ethical to artificially create a human being.
2. Write a first-pass definition thesis that your paper will support. The claim must identify a choice of a specific case, a category and at least two or three preliminary criteria.
A specific case was about cloning the sheep Dolly. The category is science trying to take over God?
3. Describe an audience that would find your claim interesting or controversial. Why would they care about your claim?
My claim would cater the audience that keeps up with technology and believes that "A change is always necessary." They would care about the claim because it proves the technological, scientific and legal abilities of the new generation.
4. List some items that are obvious members of the category, some that are non-members, and some borderline cases.
Members: Scientists, patients
Non members: Conservatives, highly religious people.
Definition Topic-Proposal
Health & Safety: Topic Proposal
1. What will be the topic of your definition argument? Explain.
Are we oppressing the people of Iraq and Afghanistan?
2. Write a first-pass definition thesis that your paper will support. The claim must identify a choice of a specific case, a category and at least two or three preliminary criteria.
Oppression would be defined by me as the taking away of rights, and forcing people to do what they don't want to.
3. Describe an audience that would find your claim interesting or controversial. Why would they care about your claim?
Most Americans according to this last presidential election have very strong feelings on the war. Some say we're imposing our will, and others call us saviors of the Arab people.
4. List some items that are obvious members of the category, some that are non-members, and some borderline cases.
members- taxation w/o representation, communist purges (Stalin)
non-members- worship as one chooses, say what you want, be what you want to be
borderline- America's influence in Iraq, state taxes, socialism
Topic Proposal (Stem Cells)
Health & Safety: Topic Proposal
1. What will be the topic of your definition argument? Explain.
Is the use of stem cells in the same class as abortion? Why in particular are people of the Christian faith opposed to the use of stem cells? What is stem cell research? Does taking stem cells from a fetus demonstrate an act of killing? Is it moral? Is an embryo a person?
2. Write a first-pass definition thesis that your paper will support. The claim must identify a choice of a specific case, a category and at least two or three preliminary criteria.
Stem cell research is the next necessary step to further medical science today. Using stem cells from a fetus is not murder, and should be used in our society to find health solutions to diseases and sicknesses that still have not been solved. The definition of murder may fit using embryos stem cells in the bible, but this is not morally necessary.
3. Describe an audience that would find your claim interesting or controversial. Why would they care about your claim?
Anyone who is affected by an infliction that cannot be cured by today's health techniques would find this claim interesting. Also, anyone who is a strong supporter of the bible would find my claims to be blasphemy, and say that my definition of the use of murder is not true according to the bible.
4. List some items that are obvious members of the category, some that are non-members, and some borderline cases.
Some obvious members of the category are people who have inflictions, or people who are friends or related to people with medical problem, and many doctors. Some non-members are members of the clergy, and strong supporters of the text of the bible. Some borderline cases might include Christians, who are not especially stuck to the text of the bible, and non-Christians.
http://www.godandscience.org/slideshow/stemcell.html
Physician assisted suicide
Health & Safety: Topic Proposal
1. What will be the topic of your definition argument? Explain.
My topic is the physician assisted suicide and whether people have the right to use it in extreme situations. Physician assisted suicide is a technique used in Oregon that helps terminally ill patients end their lives so they can prevent too much pain.
2. Write a first-pass definition thesis that your paper will support. The claim must identify a choice of a specific case, a category and at least two or three preliminary criteria.
Physician assisted suicide should be legal because making it illegal would break the 14th amendment.
3. Describe an audience that would find your claim interesting or controversial. Why would they care about your claim?
People who are interested in government involvement in their lives would find this case interesting.
4. List some items that are obvious members of the category, some that are non-members, and some borderline cases.
Members: rights, "God's plan", 14th amendment, terminally ill
Non-members: depression cases
Borderline: physicians right to perform physician assisted suicide
eric proposal
Health & Safety: Topic Proposal
1. What will be the topic of your definition argument? Explain.
The topic of my definition argument will be the controversy of if race car drivers are actually athletes or not. Some argue that race car drivers should not be considered athletes because the car does most of the work, while others believe that they should be considered athletes because it is a sport and takes lots of practice.
2. Write a first-pass definition thesis that your paper will support. The claim must identify a choice of a specific case, a category and at least two or three preliminary criteria.
Race car drivers should not be considered athletes because the car does most of the work, anyone can learn how to race and be effective, and athletes usually have great bodies that allow them to be considered athletes.
3. Describe an audience that would find your claim interesting or controversial. Why would they care about your claim? Race car drivers and race car driver fans would care about this claim because they probably consider drivers athletes because of the skill involved in racing.
4. List some items that are obvious members of the category, some that are non-members, and some borderline cases. Obvious athletes are basketball, football, soccer, volleyball, and baseball players. Borderline cases are race car drivers, golfers, ping pong players, and bowlers. Non-members are coaches, fans, and sports analysts.
Topic III Proposal - Toll Freeways
1. What will be the topic of your definition argument? Explain.
The topic for my definition argument is toll freeways constructing in major Texas cities. Within the past ten years, toll freeways are being built to ease traffic congestion. With plans in the next decade of building more toll roads, it seems like the Texas Department of Transportation is putting less funds into building new freeways, and more into revitalizing old freeways.
2. Write a first-pass definition thesis that your paper will support. The claim must identify a choice of a specific case, a category and at least two or three preliminary criteria.
Toll road authorities in Texas cities have power to build unnecessary toll freeways in which will only put a financial burden to many residents in Texas.
Category: Toll Freeways
3. Describe an audience that would find your claim interesting or controversial. Why would they care about your claim?
The general audience that will find my claim interesting is suburban Texas residents commuting to the city for work on a daily basis. They would care because the residents are taxpayers that include paying taxes to the Department of Transportation, and numerous residents pay toll road fees daily in order to go to work on a daily basis. Using the toll road puts a financial burden on many Texas families, and many state that there should be more funds added to build state highways instead of toll road authorities building toll freeways.
4. List some items that are obvious members of the category, some that are non-members, and some borderline cases.
Obvious members: Any toll road users, toll road authority, and the Department of Transportation
Non-members: Residents using Texas highways and freeways
Borderline cases: Toll road authorities are independent and have too much power
Topic Proposal (second try)
1. What will be the topic of your definition argument? Explain.
How healthy are these fast food restaurants even with additions such as salads and fruits, or other foods that we normally find to be "healthy"?
2. Write a first-pass definition thesis that your paper will support. The claim must identify a choice of a specific case, a category and at least two or three preliminary criteria.
The food offered to us by fast food chains isn't as healthy as the public believes
Category: Health and Nutrition
1. Expanded menus don't necessarily mean the problem is fixed
2. Even other food chains who claim to have healthier foods may not be entirely healthy themselves
3. Describe an audience that would find your claim interesting or controversial. Why would they care about your claim?
Almost everyone has tried something from a fast food restaurant in their lives if they've lived in America. So this topic affects them all. Those who might find it controversial are the audience who tries to sell their "healthier" foods as well as those who have fallen victum to those words.
4. List some items that are obvious members of the category, some that are non-members, and some borderline cases.
Members: Burger King, McDonald's.... yada yada (members of the "not so healthy" club)
Border-line: Subways, or other Sandwich shops (members of the "healthy but at the same time contains some unhealthy elements" club)
Non-Members: Salad places? Grocery Stores
Celiac Sprue
Health & Safety: Topic Proposal
1. What will be the topic of your definition argument? Explain.
Celiac Sprue is a disease of the intestines. This is a fairly new disease that is argued whether it is actually a disease or just a food allergy.
2. Write a first-pass definition thesis that your paper will support. The claim must identify a choice of a specific case, a category and at least two or three preliminary criteria. Celiac Sprue is a disease characterized by mal-absorption resulting from inflammatory injury to the mucosa of the small intestine after the ingestion of wheat gluten or related rye and barley proteins.
3. Describe an audience that would find your claim interesting or controversial. Why would they care about your claim? Since this disease have been discovered, people are diagnosed with it daily. Many restaurants are having to make new menus or alter how they prepare food.
4. List some items that are obvious members of the category, some that are non-members, and some borderline cases. Members - cancer, HIV, diabetes, Non-members - lactose intolerant