Assignment #1

"In Praise of Tap Water" New York Times
1.) People should should take into consideration more the cost and the impact on the environment before making the decision to drink bottled water.
2.) The arguments used in the first three paragraphs of this article are that drinking bottled water is more expensive than drinking tap, bottled water is bad for the environment, and it is actually not much healthier than tap water.
3.) "The real change, though, will come when millions of ordinary consumers realize that they can save money, and save money, and save the planet, by turning in their water bottles and turning on the tap."
4.) I feel as though the author could have had a stronger counter argument. He could have said it its more convenient in our busy lives to just grab a bottle of water. He could have then come back with the argument that reusable bottles could be purchased. He also could have used the argument that tap water isn't as clean as bottled water but them argued that tap water could be filtered before drinking.
5.) The purpose of this argument is to show that people of importance are on the author's side therefore the reader should be as well. Also it serves the purpose of showing the author's proposal is very doable and reasonable.

"Poland Spring Water" Polandspring.com
1.) Although 100% recyclable, the plastic still does a lot of damage to the environment and tap water does not leave any plastic behind.
2.) Tap water has no labels and uses up no resources.
3.) Again, tap water uses 0% of the plastic previously used.
4.) Tap water can also be easy to carry if put into reusable bottles.
5.) With reusable water bottles, recycling is even easier!

"Pure Water 2Go" Purewater.com
The argument being made here is that, although bottled water seems convenient at the time, it adds up. the picture is saying that even though it seems like a great alternative to tap water and is very recyclable, it only adds up to a giant pile of waste.