Example Essay

1. Exercise: Analyze an essay

   1. Yes
   2. Yes (Work and major life changes can be a cause of stress, and in turn, stress is able to exert a strong influence on a person’s health and behavior.)
   3. Yes (In addition to changes in life, work often causes stress. Finally, stress comes from work for many people that feel their supervisor has unrealistic expectations or demands too much from them. Constant stress on the body has serious physical health effects. Mental health problems are also among the major negative effects of chronic stress. In addition to health, stress can negatively affect human behavior. )
   4. Yes
   5. Yes
   6. Yes
   7. Yes
   8. Yes
   9. Yes (In summary, stress has natural causes and can have lasting effects.)
   10. Suggestion

Prewriting

1. Exercise: Complete an outline  (answers may vary)

   1. Interior design is influenced by an understanding of design principles and personal taste and can impact people by increasing a feeling of relaxation and improving functionality.

2. Exercise: Revise thesis statements (answers may vary)

   1. Overfishing has many negative effects on our environment.
   2. Understanding the causes of global warming will help us to stop this seemingly uncontrollable problem foor us and for those who come.
   3. Although the base cause for cancer is the same, the effects on individuals can vary greatly because of the way it expands through the body.
   4. Using a smartphone before bed impacts sleep quality, which in turn has several significant effects on mental and physical health.
   5. If we understand the causes of addiction, especially in connection to alcoholism, we can better approach treating this problem in our society.
   6. Psychological, environmental, and biologic-genetical issues can all contribute to the development of an eating disorder.
   7. There are both positive and negative impacts of social media in our lives.

3. Exercise: Complete an outline (answers may vary)

   1. Depression has a few common causes, including genetics, brain chemistry, and life situations.

4. Exercise: Give feedback about an outline (answers may vary)

   1. These aren't really causes, they are types of pollution. The outline needs to be adjusted to refocus it on a cause/effect relationship. This could be done by moving the air/water/ground information to the introduction and focusing the body paragraphs on the effects pollution has on human health, marine life, and another effect.

5. Exercise: Choose sources that support a topic

   1. Answers may vary, no examples provided.

Writing

1. Exercise: Brainstorm background knowledge for an introduction (answers may vary)

   1. What is depression? What are the effects of depression? How serious is this problem?
   2. Is there a specific type of reading that has this impact?
   3. What is obesity? Why is the essay focused on the US? 

2. Exercise: Analyze an introduction paragraph

   1. Yes. The introduction explains what climate change is and ssome of the effects.

3. Exercise: Analyze a body paragraph

   1. Answers may vary, no examples provided.

4. Exercise: Write a body paragraph

   1. Answers may vary, no examples provided.

5. Exercise: Write a conclusion

   1. Answers may vary, no examples provided.

Revising

1. Exercise: Check your essay

   1. Answers will vary, no example provided.

2. Exercise; Peer review a body paragraph

   1. Answers will vary, no example provided.

Revise an Essay

1. Exercise: Revise an essay

   1. Answers will vary, no example provided.