Assignment (second blog entry: Concrete and Specific)

Indian Food 

       In this essay, we can see how the author explains his topic specifically by citing the specific names of the different Indian Foods. The author also indicates, specifically,  where these foods come from and what are the ingredients in the food. Example, he says In North India, particularly Kashmir, there is this food cooked here which is the 'Saag' that is prepared with a green leafy vegetable known as the 'Hak'. The author is also able to explain his topic concretely by describing the taste of the food using words like spicy or sour in relation to the spices that are in these foods. This way the people can imagine how Indian foods taste like.

Calories in Filipino Foods
(by Dr. Phillip S Chua, Cebu Daily News)

           In this essay, the author talks about the calorie contents of the food consumed by the Filipinos. We are able to understand this through the specific details that the author gives. He indicates how much calorie content are there in specific kinds of foods. He also indicates the amount  calories one can lose for a certain activity. Although the esay doesn't give much concrete detail we can still imagine how hard it is to lose weight and how easily to gain weight because of the numerical data he presented. These may in turn be also considered concrete since we can pcture out the effects of calories to our body and health.