Instructions – My Opinion We all have different perspectives and opinions. For this discussion, read the following prompt and decide if you agree or disagree. Choose one of the listed opinions for your focus. In a short paragraph, state your opinion and then support your point with the following: researched facts or statistics (include the source) information from the readings in this class specific experiences or knowledge that you have Your response may start with something similar to this: “In my opinion, I agree with this statement. I feel/believe that _[blank]_. To support my perspective, _[blank]_” or “In my opinion, I disagree with this statement. I feel/believe that _[blank]_. To support my perspective, _[blank]_.” Prompt Opinion 1: In “Why People Oppose GMOs Even Though Science Says They Are Safe,” the author makes the case that despite how people feel about genetically modified organisms (GMOs), science has proved that GMOs do not pose a danger to humans: “Many people believe that GMOs are bad for their health—even poisonous—and that they damage the environment. This is in spite of overwhelming scientific evidence that proves that GMOs are safe to eat, and that they bring environmental benefits by making agriculture more sustainable.” Opinion 2: In “‘Rewilding’ Draws on the Past to Modify Plants,” the author writes about the benefits of “rewilding”: “The best way to improve plants, they say, is with ‘precision breeding,’ using well-known modern methods for inserting and deleting genes in cells.”

Read the excerpt from "the storyteller." the smaller girl created a diversion by beginning to recite "on the road to mandalay.” she only knew the first line, but she put her limited knowledge to the fullest possible use. she repeated the line over and over again in a dreamy but resolute and very audible voice; it seemed to the bachelor as though some one had had a bet with her that she could not repeat the line aloud two thousand times without stopping. whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet. "come over here and listen to a story,” said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord. the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage. evidently her reputation as a storyteller did not rank high in their estimation. in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good, and made friends with every one on account of her goodness, and was finally saved from a mad bull by a number of rescuers who admired her moral character. which instances of situational irony occur in the passage? select two options. a.) “whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet.” b.) “‘come over here and listen to a story,’ said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord.” -- c.) “the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage.” d.) “evidently her reputation as a story-teller did not rank high in their estimation.” -- e.) “in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good.”