Bio-Medical Essay

42 ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY STRUCTURE – PARAGRAPH BY PARAGRAPH MODEL I. INTRO: HOOK/THESIS II. BACKGROUND INFORMATION – AS NECESSARY III ARGUMENTS 1. FIRST MAJOR ARGUMENT/EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THESIS | *Each of these arguments 2. SECOND MAJOR ARGUMENT/EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THESIS | is in a single paragraph 3. THIRD MAJOR ARGUMENT/EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THESIS | with a topic sentence 4. FOURTH MAJOR ARGUMENT/EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THESIS | that indicates the specific 5 FIFTH MAJOR ARGUMENT/EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THESIS | argument. (Occasionally, 6 . SIXTH MAJOR ARGUMENT/EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THESIS | a complex argument (Note: Your essay could have as few as 4 or as many as 8 specific arguments) | will be spread over

| several paragraphs. IV. OV’S AND REFUTATIONS 1. CONSIDERATION OF FIRST OPPOSING VIEW AND REFUTATION | *EACH OV AND ITS 2. CONSIDERATION OF SECOND OPPOSING VIEW AND REFUTATION | REFUTION/S GOES 3. CONSIDERATION OF THIRD OPPOSING VIEW AND REFUTATION | IN A SINGLE PARAGRAPH (Note: You need 2 Refs (with at least one OV each) at a minimum V. CONCLUSION

 *Definition: “Opposing Views” are reasons, held by those who don’t agree with you, about WHY your argumentative position is not correct, or is not the best position on your topic. An opposing view is not simply the opposite position.. Example– *Argumentative Thesis: All children should receive the standard panel of vaccinations. *Opposing View: Diseases targeted by vaccines have basically disappeared from our society, so vaccines are not necessary anymore. *Refutation/(this refutation happens to have 2 parts): 1) We should not risk the chance of contracting dangerous diseases again if the current system has shown to work Contagious diseases were not eradicated out of the blue, they permanently went away because of the vaccines that were put in use. 2) Some mistakenly feel a sense of privilege and security since our generation has experience certain diseases. We have not changed and become “immune” to diseases.

START BIOMEDICAL CONTENT *Introduction to Bio-Medial Essay *General Assignment Description: Write an argumentative essay of approximately 4-5 PAGES, 1500 words minim, which demonstrates classical argument form (introduction, arguments, opposing views, refutations, and conclusion) concerning a debatable topic relating to a bio-medical topic. The argument must relate primarily to biology/medical treatment—i.e., it should not be primarily a philosophical or ethical argument. The topic could involve any social, geographical, or historical context. Essays must utilize 5 research sources (from 5 different websites) which must be documented in MLA 8TH EDITION format (in-text citations and Works Cited page) . Students must find and use 5 of their own sources—not rely only on sources listed in syllabus. Sources must be underlined in essay and Works Cited to ensure they are complete (See #26 – #28 in Checklist). (See paragraph model in syllabus)

 

 

43 ANY TOPICS LISTED IN THE SYLLABUS—WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS BELOW– MAY BE CHOSEN FOR YOUR ESSAY, OR YOU CAN PICK YOUR OWN TOPIC. IF YOU CHOOSE A TOPIC LISTED IN THE SYLLABUS WHICH IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN INTERNET LINK, YOU MUST FIND 5 NEW SOURCES (I.E. YOU MUST FIND 5 RESEARCH SOURCES WHICH ARE NOT LINKS IN THE SYLLABUS. THE SYLLABUS LINKS MAY BE OUTDATED, ANYWAY. FOR A SCIENTIFIC TOPIC, TYPICALLY THE MOST CURRENT SOURCES ARE CONSIDERED BEST. *Bio-Medical Focus: Facts, Ethics, and Corporate/Media Dynamics

Review of Classical Argument Structure

ESSAY STRUCTURE FOR CLASSICAL ARGUMENT I. Introduction: Hook

Thesis : State your position concerning your argumentative topic II. Your Arguments (60% – 80% of your essay)

Facts, details, analyses, examples, evidence to support your position III Consider Opposing Views (Section III & IV: 8%-13% of your essay)

Fairly represent other views on your topic IV. Refutation (Arguing Against) Opposing Views V. Conclusion Paragraph Model Of Classical Argument for an essay of 1500 words minimum (It can be longer if you want, but if it is longer than 2300 words, likely your topic has gotten out of control…)

I. *Introduction Hook Thesis

II. Arguments *Arg 1 *Arg 2 *Arg 3 *Arg 4 *Arg 5 (2 more argument paragraphs are possible)

III. OV’s / Refutation *OV1 & Ref *OV2 & Ref *OV3 & Ref (1 more OV& Ref paragraph is possible)

IV *Conclusion ASMT 19) Locate an internet link to any bio-medical issue/controversy NOT listed below or in the assignments/sample essays in this syllabus section and paste the URL to it here. You DO NOT have to write your essay on the topic. You can search in any newspaper—nytimes, sun sentinel, guardian, yahoo, msn, etc– or web news under “health,” or search for “medical controversy” or “biological controversy” on google or another engine, or look at mercola.com (one of the largest alternative health sites) and pick an article, or do a youtube search similar to above, and find any issue that is interesting to you. You could even do a search for a particular medical condition and find an article on possible treatment, causes, recovery, etc. All you have to do is paste the URL here. This gets you thinking about biomedical topics. THESE TOPICS ARE OFF-LIMITS FOR YOUR BIO-MEDICAL ESSAY:

 

 

44 THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE OFF-LIMITS, SINCE THEY ARE COVERED IN COURSE MATERIALS, OR REQUIRE EXTREMELY EXTENSIVE RESEARCH, DUE TO THEIR DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY. Abortion Ketogenic Diet BreastFeeding Blue Light Genetic enhancement in athletes Vaccination Smoking in cars with children Zoos must be banned Possible topics and assorted links YOU CAN WRITE YOUR ESSAY ON ANY OF THESE, BUT YOU MUST FIND 5 NEW RESEARCH SOURCES)

–OR FIND YOUR OWN BIOMEDICAL TOPIC Almost all of the topics below were found by students, and I aded those into the syllabus as possibilities: 3D printing – BIOMEDICAL https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/03/22/3d-printing-moves-into-biomedical-engineering.html Kombacha tea Reiki https://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/reiki/what-does-research-say-about-reiki Drinking cows milk Anthrax and antibiotics Genetic risk of alzheimers Prenatal opiod exposure and lower iq Transgender athletes genetic advantage Phone use and mental health issues in teens Non-transgender Athletes forced to take testerone lowering Apple airpods and cancer https://outlook.office.com/mail/search/id/AAMkAGM0MzNkNTgwLWZkOTktNGUyOS04YTkwLWY3MmEyMjM3ODQyOA BGAAAAAADfvYfNVZfDQJPPgEBGx%2FCvBwC2AmA9RH7NT6Hgv2o%2BeeoUAEj0jDfuAACqjd2xZDu0Sb1CmgX8tQiWAAL 7a%2B97AAA%3D Gluten free diet Farmed fish Plastic straws wrecking oceans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCwtlzABUpY Electro-Shock therapy Drug Treatment for Depression Nuclear medicine Energy drinks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u704u8nKYIE French weight loss drug https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/23/health/weight-loss-pill-trial-france-scli-intl/index.html Selective breeding Cryotherapy treatmen/ frostbite/ Antonio brown https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/pro-football-doc/story/2019-08-07/profootballdoc-antonio-brown-feet- frostbite-raiders Contact tracing Magic mushrooms for mental health Waist training https://www.marieclaire.com/health-fitness/a13489/celebrities-swear-by-it-but-is-waist-training-actually-healthy/ Stem Cells from umbilical cord Risks of Vaping Cell phones and cancer risk