Cause and Effect ArgumentEssay Assignment
Goal
Choose a trend or phenomenon related to the sale, trade, or donation of human organs. The trendor phenomenon should have a definable set of causes andeffects. Write a 1,500-1,750-word argument using five to seven academic resources that persuades an audience to accept your explanation of the causes and effectsof your chosen trend or phenomenon related to the sale, trade, or donation of human organs.
Directions
Imagine your issue either as a puzzle or as a disagreement. If your issue is like a puzzle that needs to be put together, your task will be to create a convincing case for an audience that does not have an answer to your cause and effectquestion already in mind. If your issue is like a disagreement that needs to be resolved, your argument must be overtly persuasive because your goal will be to change your audience's views.
Be sure to examine alternative hypotheses or opposing views and explain your reasons for rejecting them.
This essay isNOTa CASUALessay. Instead,it is a causeandeffectessay. A causeandeffect essayexplains the causes andeffectsof a trendor phenomenon involving the sale, trade, or donation of human organs.
First Draft Grading
• You will receive completion points for the first draft based upon the successful submission of a complete draft.
• Because your first draft is a completion grade, do not assume that this grade reflects or predicts the final grade. If you do not consider your instructor's comments, you may be deducted points on your final draft.
Sources
• Include in-text citations and a references page for FIVE to SEVENscholarly sources outside of class texts.
• These sources should be used to support any claims you make and should be present in the text of the essay.
• Include this research in the paper in a scholarly manner.
Introduction:
Introduce your trend or phenomenon with it's cause and effects. What makes it important?
Before you write your intro and thesis statement, read the following questions.
1. What is your trend or phenomenon? (Try searching internet for trends)
2. What is the cause and what are the effects (or what are the causes and the effect)?
3. Does your thesis have a causal chain?
Thesis: Take the trend and phenomenon you have chosen and list what the cause and the effects within your thesis: "3-D organ imaging leads to x then y and finally z." (you can use more than three effects or consequences).Your essay can and should contain more than 5 paragraphs.
You can explain links in the causal chain you created or you may also discuss multiple consequences.
Body:
First effect or consequence: Make sure you explain the cause and first effect, links in the causal chain (How A leads to B, B leads to C and, so forth), and use support from source material to show its relationship with the causal issue. Conclude and lead into the next paragraph.
Second effect or consequence: Make sure you explain the cause and second effect, links in the causal chain (How A leads to B, B leads to C and, so forth), and use support from source material to show its relationship with the causal issue. Conclude and lead into the next paragraph.
Third effect or consequence Make sure you explain the cause and third effect, links in the causal chain (How A leads to B, B leads to C and, so forth), and use support from source material to show its relationship with the causal issue. Conclude and lead into the next paragraph.
Conclusion:
Sum up your argument and restate your thesis.
Re-state why this issue is important and conclude with a memorable thought or statement.
Your essay should consist of quality (at least 5) paragraphs. If you have one paragraph that is significantly longer than the others, you need to see if it can be restructured into two or more paragraphs. Your essay must be structured using well organized paragraphs! (ctrl + right click to follow link)