Posted: May 15th, 2015

MENU LABELLING ESSAY

IN DEPTH DESCRIPTION OF THE ESSAY WILL BE ATTACHED TO THIS ORDER UNDER ADDITIONAL FILES. PLEASE READ EVERY DETAIL IN THE FILE AS IT IS CRUCIAL TO COMPLETING THIS ESSAY. THE REFERENCES AND SOURCES ARE PROVIDED IN THE FILE. DO NOT USE ANY ADDITIONAL SOURCES. DESCRIPTION ON THE CITATION AND FORMAT OF THE PAPER WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENTS.

ALONG WITH THE EVIDENCE FROM EACH ABSTRACT, THE WRITER MUST COMBINE THE INFORMATION IN A SOPHISTICATED MANNER, INTERPRET AND ANALYZE THE EVIDENCE, SHOW INSIGHT AND JUDGEMENT. EG. MADE CONNECTIONS AND COMPARISONS BETWEEN ABSTRACTS.ADDRESSED ANY INFORMATION THAT IS NOT FULY SUPPORTIVE OF THE STATED POSITION.

For this assignment you will be required to write a short essay using the information from the abstracts (short summaries of research papers) shown in Appendix 1.

See Appendix 2 for a description of the purpose and expectations for the essay; see Appendix 3 for writing tips.

ESSAY TOPIC:
Using the information provided in Appendix 1, which contains abstracts from various research papers, write a short
PERSUASIVE essay (500 words) that defends or refutes the following statement:

“Menu labeling helps individuals reduce their caloric intake.”

Please note the following: Defend = generally agree with the statement; Refute = generally disagree with the statement The word generally is included because few arguments are black and white and in most cases whatever position you take in an argument will have some exceptions, contradictory information, or limitations which require explanation, elaboration and/or acknowledgement.
There is no one “correct” way to write this essay. The paper will be graded on how well you use the evidence in the abstracts to support your position not on which position you take.

• You need only use the information found in the abstracts in Appendix 1 to answer this question.
• You are NOT required or expected to do additional research.
• You must, however, include relevant information from ALL abstracts, in Appendix 1 in your essay.
• Your essay should include an introductory paragraph, a body (consisting of several paragraphs) and a conclusion.
• You are expected to paraphrase your sources (i.e. the abstracts) properly, and include in-text citations and a bibliography.
• For writing tips see Appendix 3 & 4.
• For info on bibliographic referencing see Appendix 5. Be sure to follow the format correctly. It is slightly different from the format used in the abstracts.

Word limit: 500 (INCLUDING in-text citations, but excluding the bibliography)