Claims and Counterclaims
1. School cafeterias should serve healthier food and avoid empty food filled with carbohydrates.
2. Vegetables are not only healthy, but they also keep students from feeling hungry later in the school day.
3. Sweets, like chocolate and cookies, are easily and quickly digested, leaving students hungrier in less time.
4. Some schools serve soda alongside other more healthier drink options like milk and bottled water.
Question 1
Which sentence makes a claim (rather than providing evidence)?
Responses
ASchool cafeterias should serve healthier food and avoid empty food filled with carbohydrates.
School cafeterias should serve healthier food and avoid empty food filled with carbohydrates.
BSome schools serve soda alongside other more healthier drink options like milk and bottled water.
Some schools serve soda alongside other more healthier drink options like milk and bottled water.
CVegetables are not only healthy, but they also keep students from feeling hungry later in the school day.
Vegetables are not only healthy, but they also keep students from feeling hungry later in the school day.
DSweets, like chocolate and cookies, are easily and quickly digested, leaving students hungrier in less time.
Which two statements serve as counter-claims to the claim presented in the first question?
Responses
AHealthy food, unfortunately, is often more expensive than unhealthy food items.
Healthy food, unfortunately, is often more expensive than unhealthy food items.
BSome people eat cereal for breakfast before school while others eat bacon and eggs.
Some people eat cereal for breakfast before school while others eat bacon and eggs.
CStudents in the public school cafeteria should be allowed to eat whatever they wish.
Students in the public school cafeteria should be allowed to eat whatever they wish.
DDonuts are a particularly popular breakfast food that is not commonly considered healthy.
Donuts are a particularly popular breakfast food that is not commonly considered healthy.
EHealthy foods may indeed be better for you, but giving students a personal choice in what they eat is even more important.
Healthy foods may indeed be better for you, but giving students a personal choice in what they eat is even more important.
Healthy food, unfortunately, is often more expensive than unhealthy food items.