Assignment
Cause and Effect Argument Essay
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.