Responding to the Reading

Read “Eating Chili Peppers” and answer the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

Question 13.41

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Question 13.42

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3. Discussion In small groups, discuss the spiciest foods that you have ever eaten and your reaction.

4. Essay MacClancy compares eating a chili pepper to going to a horror movie, riding a roller coaster, or stepping into a cold bath after a sauna. He says the experience of eating a chili is a cheap, legal thrill. Write an essay in which you describe a different kind of legal thrill. Be sure to use words that appeal to the senses.