Key
Points to NOTE for the Cause/Effect Argument Essay
Jeanette Dick
Argue…Do NOT Ask Questions
Argument essays should not use questions due to
the nature of the writing.
You are arguing a point that
you want the audience to believe. You do
not want them answering questions for themselves. Each question
asked in the paper slows down the logical progression of
your argument and the defense of that argument which might result
in not convincing the audience to believe your CLAIM.
Always remember the purpose
of an argument essay is to persuade the audience to agree to your
CLAIM.
Questions do not assert a
CLAIM.
Breakdown:
1. argue a
point (THESIS/CLAIM)
2. prove it to the audience (assert
ideas through rhetorical strategies, reasoning, and support)
3. leave the audience with no other
choice but to agree with your (THESIS/CLAIM)
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Consider Christian Worldview Shifts Since Social Media
Be sure to consider
researching academic journals or databases through the library that deal with
the Christian worldview changes from social media to
understand the worldview shift occurring in America.
While you
might not piece these effects together immediately, after a little deductive
reasoning and biblical relationship evaluations, you should be able to not
only identify effects from social media on the American culture but how these
effects are changing the Christian worldview of the culture as a whole.
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Focus on Cultural Changes
Overview
and Description of CULTURE:
“Culture is an umbrella term which encompasses the
social behavior and norms found in human
societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs,
capabilities and habits of the individuals in these groups” (Wikipedia).
Therefore, when constructing the
argument about how social media has impacted the American culture, you must
keep in mind the behavior, norms, beliefs, laws, customs, and habits of
Americans prior to social media becoming part of
everyday lives.
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Be sure to assess the culture before social media, now that social media has a stronghold,
and how the culture will be changed in the future due to these effects long term.
SAMPLES of cultural impacts now and in
future generations...
1.
Darkness of
Social Media: Social media alters the culture of
America from an extroverted, Christian society to one that lives in illusion,
feels inferior to others, and dwells in darkness of sin and depravity.
2.
Electronic
Addiction to Social Media:
Online addictions will cause health issues resulting in mortality problems,
impacting the culture by lowering life expectancy.
3.
Culture
of Maliciousness: Health
issues caused by social media will impact the culture by perpetuating
malcontent, jealousy, and covetousness within families and between friends.
4.
Believing
the Illusion:
Influential teens and young adults insecure in their own value will believe
the images portrayed through social media and never feel as if they amount to
enough.
5.
Seeking
Perfection: False
ideas of excellence and importance through social media will be passed on to
future generations resulting in an unobtainable goal of an ever-elusive sense
of perfection.
6.
Increased
Dysfunction in the Culture:
Stress levels will rise in the next generation due to social media use and
abuse, thus creating discontent, depression, and for some, suicide.
7.
Rise
and Fall of Status: Teens
and young adults raised by social media will go on to live lives of success
or failure based on how they are perceived through social media status and ‘likes’.
8.
Poor
Self-Image Promotion by Future Parents: Future generations will be inadvertently altered by adults
promoting poor cultural lessons by looking to social media to create
happiness instead of peace from within and through the Holy Spirit.
9.
Christian
Worldview Blocked by Social Media Worldview: Future generations will train their
children to value the images portrayed on social media instead of
finding contentment and joy in the Lord.
10.
New
Social Skills (or lack thereof) in the Culture: With new modes of interaction between
families, friends, and co-workers through social media, social skills will be
altered in future generations based on the current lack of personal
social development and value of face-to-face interaction.
11. Sexual Immorality Impacted by Social
Media: With more
access to impure pictures, movies, writings, comments, and foul language, the
American culture has been impacted negatively as the Christian worldview has
been covered over by unethical social media norms.
12. Lack of Self-Control:
While Americans were already perceived as a spontaneous and excessive
culture, social media has increased online binging and decreased limit setting
for oneself and children.
13. Jealousy and Covetousness: Americans have been stereotyped as
exhibiting superiority over those around them and those in other countries,
yet with social media promoting feelings of inadequacy, the American culture
has turned into one that secretly hides feelings of jealousy and covetousness.
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Some of the impacts noted by social media might
not be as strong as others in your paper, but as long as you have multiple
areas to argue how social media has impacted the American
culture (whether positively or negatively), then you are following
the prompt correctly.
Jeanette Dick
2019
For Educational Purposes Only
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