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Page 1: TOPICS FOR ESSAY #3 – Cause-and-Effect Analysisfaculty.uml.edu/evlahakis/documents/ESSAY3instructions.pdfTOPICS FOR ESSAY #3 – Cause-and-Effect Analysis Essay Outline & Introduction

TOPICS FOR ESSAY #3 – Cause-and-Effect Analysis

Essay Outline & Introduction Due: Friday, November 16 PLAN YOUR ESSAY: DEVELOP AN OUTLINE & INTRO w/THESIS.

BRING 2 TYPED COPIES TO CLASS

First Draft Due: Monday, November 19 BRING 2 TYPED COPIES TO CLASS

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� Choose a topic from the options below and write a 6-8 page essay. Plan to do some

research on your topic and include interviews, statistics, and/or other support from

trusted sources to support your points and conclusions. Include a list of works cited.

Use the checklist in Making Sense (pages 483-484) to guide your writing process. Refer to a

print or online handbook for MLA citation guidelines.

1) Explore the effects of multitasking in your daily life. Consider your own multitasking as

well as how the multitasking of others (such as roommates, friends, siblings, parents,

coworkers) affects you. Think about future consequences and draw some conclusions

about the issue.

2) Has the Internet shaped and/or changed the way young people read? Research the

Internet’s influence on reading in the digital world. Explore your own ‘reading life’ and

analyze the advantages and disadvantages of reading online versus reading printed

materials.

3) In Nicholas Carr’s essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” he focuses on the Internet and

how it might be affecting our brain function. Choose another technology that you use on

a daily basis and analyze how it affects your life in both positive and negative ways.

4) Write a causal analysis about the effects of technology on students’ writing and

learning. How are these areas changing due to technological developments? What are

the positive and negative effects? Also consider the challenges for teachers and students.