ISALC, Lewis and Clark College

This cause and effect assignment gives students practice in choosing a problem they want to analyze, conducting on-line research to supplement their knowledge, and documenting sources which they use in their essays.

Students wrote "diamond poems" to introduce their topics. Click on a linked diamond poem to read its corresponding cause and effect source paper. Thanks for reading!

Akiko Dogakinai Collectivism homogenous, similar confirming, eliminating, suppressing Japan, group, individuality, U.S. individualizing, tolerating, encouraging heterogeneous, different Individualism	Hirokazu Tsuzuki Hybrid clean, effective low emitting, regenerating, efficient kinetic energy, electricity, internal combustion, CO2/NOx idling, wasting, high emitting ineffective, polluting Conventional
Anonymous Satiety full, nauseated stuffing, gorging, filling abuse, richness, diet, poverty starving, slimming, dying pierced, lacerated Hunger	Mubark Al-Khaili Pollution filthy, hazardous, destroying, poisoning, killing, waste, pesticide, neatness, beauty protecting, cleaning, saving transparent, healthy Purity
Fumika Yamamoto Party fun, excitement, dancing, chatting drinking youth, ambition, danger, death fighting, speeding, drunken driving, tipsy, desperate Accident	Ryoko Sakurai Alertness awake, tense watching, aware watching, concentrating , absorbing street, classroom, classroom bed daydreaming, nodding, napping relaxed, drowsy Sleep
Thanks for Reading!	Saeed Al-Meharibi Marriage lovely, passionate sacrificing, helping, sharing happiness, felicity, troubles, conflicts misunderstanding, fighting, arguing selfish, conceited Divorce
Aya Katanayagi Health colorful, joyful talking, laughing, running energy, confidence, fear, obsession eating, purging, fasting aimless, horrified Disease	Lincheng Li Violence terrible, sad killing, stealing, hitting darkness, basement, home family laughing, giving, playing joyful, happy Peace
Yu-shan Liu Marriage sweet, joyful surprising, loving, communicating care, help, responsibility, differences hurting, fighting, arguing acrid, painful Divorce	Thanks for Reading!

 

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