Claim 1: If you
have ever eaten
anything that has
grown in the
ground, you’ve
almost certainly
eaten genetically
modified
organisms.
Genetic
engineering has
been integral to
the human diet for
thousands of
years, and it’
s
given us
a wider
and better variety
of foods. Adapting
this technology on a wider scale will
allow that very
positive trend to
continue.
Claim 2: Over
2,000 scientific
studies performed
worldwide have
shown that
genetically
modified crops are
safe and that they
have the potential
to enrich the
human diet
nutritionally, lower
the price of food,
and end food
insecurity in
a
world where the
growing
population
continues to place a strain on
resources.
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2
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Use the
passage to
answer the
question.
Compare the
two claims
above. How do
these claims
differ from one
another?
Claim
1
establi
shes a
formal,
acade
mic
style
throug
h the
use of
compl
ex
syntax
and
advan
ced
vocab
ulary.
Claim
1
takes
an
affirma
tive
positio
n
toward
geneti
cally
modifi
ed
foods,
while
Claim
2
takes
a
negati
ve
positio
n.
Claim 1
relies
solely
on
anecd
otal
eviden
ce,
while
Claim 2 uses a
wider
range
of
suppor
ting
eviden
ce.
Claim 1
establi
shes
an
inform
al,
conver
sation
al style
throug h the
use of
contra
ctions
and
point
of
view.