Review the essay: Supersize Your Child? by RICHARD HAYES
Then,Response to the following:
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. Hayes alerts us that he is using the organization of his essay to help make his point. Explain where and how he does that. How does he appeal to his readers' need to feel secure? Why might his readers feel their sense of security being threat ened?
2. Is Hayes supporting a claim of fact, value, or policy? Where does he state that claim most directly?
3. What types of support does Hayes offer to back up his opinion? How convincing do you find his support to be?
4. Can you identify the warrant underlying Hayes's argument? In order to accept his claim, what assumption of his must you agree with? Does he state his warrant explicitly anywhere in the essay?
WRITING SUGGESTIONS
5. Write an essay in which you either support or argue against Hayes's claim.
6. Write an essay in which you explain your own position on who should set limits on genetic engineering.