Thursday, November 18, 2010

Cause and Effect

What was useful about the cause and effect website?

I found that the website about cause and effect was useful because it used an every day example with a thorough explanation and break down of the main points of how cause and effect is used. The article started out by introducing the main problem in a step by step pattern. It showed how on small mistake made by the truck drive lead to a big problem involving several other people which included a bicyclists, the drivers of the two cars, and people representing them in court. The article then explains in detail that the cause is the only difference between this situation and others like it. There many different circumstances that could make one person at fault and the others not guilty. The article says that for example we can blame the truck because it made the bicycle swerve into the road, or we can blame the driver that was rear ended because it hit the breaks too suddenly, or we can blame the driver that rear ended the car in front of them because they were speeding.
Overall the article was useful is seeing how common cause and effect is in arguments. Different circumstances lead to different causes but effect always stays the same.

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