Classification and Division

Summary Quiz for “The Language of Junk Food Addiction”

Question 17.13

1. “The Language of Junk Food Addiction” and summarize the selection below. Be sure to put the summary in your own words and to avoid using the sentence structure of the reading selection. Remember that your summary should restate the author’s main idea (or thesis) and that it should include only the author’s most important supporting ideas. When you have completed your summary, “submit” your Read work.

Here is an example summary of this reading selection:

In “The Language of Junk Food Addiction,” Michael Moss reports that manufacturers of snack foods such as potato chips have intentionally designed chips to be addictive. Addiction to a potato chip is created by adding the right balance of salt, fat, and sugar. Together with texture and ease of eating, these “layers of . . . appeal” make it difficult for people to stop eating once they start, leading to overeating and thence to obesity.

Your summary will differ from this one in the way it is written, but it should include roughly the same information.