Fruits vs. Vegetables: Botanical and Culinary Perspectives Explained

This assignment delves into a comparative analysis of fruits and vegetables, exploring their differences based on plant parts, botanical perspectives, and culinary uses. The assignment highlights that fruits are the seed-bearing parts of plants, while vegetables encompass various other consumable parts like leaves, shoots, and roots. It examines the location of these plant parts, their functions (raw consumption for fruits versus cooked consumption for vegetables), and the contrasting viewpoints of botanists and chefs. Botanists classify all seed-bearing parts as fruits, whereas chefs categorize based on culinary practices. The assignment concludes by emphasizing the nutritional value of both fruits and vegetables, encouraging regular consumption for essential vitamins and minerals.

Running head: FRUITS VS VEGETABLES
FRUITS VS VEGETABLES
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Introduction
Subject A: Fruits Subject B: Vegetables
Intended Audience: Young Children
General Opening Statement: Plants products that we consume can be mainly divided into fruits
and vegetables.
Similarities: Both are parts of the plant that is consumed
Differences: Fruits are only the seed bearing parts of the plant, whereas other consumable parts
of the plant can also be regarded as vegetables.
Clear Thesis Statement: Fruits and vegetables are differentiated according to their use by human
beings.
The three points of comparison: 1. The location of the plant part
2. The function of the plant part
3. The view of a botanist and a chef
Body
A detailed explanation of the three main points that are being compared
Subject A- Point#1 The location of the plant part
Explanation: Fruits are located mainly on the branches among the leaves and bear
seed.
Example: Mango, Apple

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Subject B – Point # 1
Explanation: Vegetables can be any of the plant part including the leaves, shoot and
root, it just has to be consumable.
Example: Carrot, Potato, Lettuce.
Subject A- Point#2 The function of the plant part
Explanation: The fruits are mainly consumed raw without cooking
Example: Guava
Subject B – Point # 2
Explanation: The vegetables are mostly cooked.
Example: Cauliflower
Subject A- Point#3 The view of a botanist and a chef
Explanation: The botanists view all reproductive parts that have seeds as fruit.
Example: Bell Paper
Subject B – Point # 3
Explanation: The chefs differentiate among fruits and vegetables according to
perception of cooking.
Example: Tomato.
Conclusion

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Restatement of the thesis- Fruits and vegetables are naturally all parts of the plant, human
perception depending on the nature of consumption differentiate them.
General closing statement- Fruits and vegetable are sources of all kinds of vitamins and minerals
and should be consumed regularly.