Persuasive Essay Cause and Effect 
Essay Outline (Cause and Effect)
Topic: "Those who do not study the past are doomed to repeat it." - George Santayana
Is this statement relevant to teenagers? Why?
Introduction Paragraph
Bare Thesis:
Example:
The New Age of Faith
1. Just as religion was blindly followed in the middle ages, so now science is blindly followed today.
2. Compare and Contrast- Peasants in the middle ages, blindly accepted the authority of priests whereas the urban peasants of today blindly accepts the authority of scientists.
Cause and Effect- The peasant illiteracy in the subject matter for him to rely on the expert who specializes in the special language of the subject.
3. - In the middle ages, because most people did not read or understand Latin, the language of religion, they took the words of their religions authorities on blind faith. - similarly today, because most people do not understand math and physics, the language of science, we usually accept scientists on blind faith
- This is dangerous because just as medieval priests had great power , scientist have great power today.
- In fact, neither science nor religion can answer all the important questions by themselves. Both are required for a complete understanding of life.
The New Age of Faith (2)
1. In medieval times, we desperately went to priests and turned to religion whenever we needed faith or answers.
2. Compare and Contrast- The new age of faith refers to the age of science where everything is answered by it
- people who are oblivious back then believed in the words of smart people and our way of thinking did change that we still give our faith to people who studied in that subject matter.
Cause and Effect- The smart people claims and creates answers to others questions make the rest of the population (lazy ones) to put their faith in them and their beliefs.
3. -put our beliefs in smart and intelligent people and because we, the rest of the population are too lazy to study
Topic: "Those who do not study the past are doomed to repeat it." - George Santayana
Is this statement relevant to teenagers? Why?
Introduction Paragraph
Bare Thesis:
Example:
The New Age of Faith
1. Just as religion was blindly followed in the middle ages, so now science is blindly followed today.
2. Compare and Contrast- Peasants in the middle ages, blindly accepted the authority of priests whereas the urban peasants of today blindly accepts the authority of scientists.
Cause and Effect- The peasant illiteracy in the subject matter for him to rely on the expert who specializes in the special language of the subject.
3. - In the middle ages, because most people did not read or understand Latin, the language of religion, they took the words of their religions authorities on blind faith. - similarly today, because most people do not understand math and physics, the language of science, we usually accept scientists on blind faith
- This is dangerous because just as medieval priests had great power , scientist have great power today.
- In fact, neither science nor religion can answer all the important questions by themselves. Both are required for a complete understanding of life.
The New Age of Faith (2)
1. In medieval times, we desperately went to priests and turned to religion whenever we needed faith or answers.
2. Compare and Contrast- The new age of faith refers to the age of science where everything is answered by it
- people who are oblivious back then believed in the words of smart people and our way of thinking did change that we still give our faith to people who studied in that subject matter.
Cause and Effect- The smart people claims and creates answers to others questions make the rest of the population (lazy ones) to put their faith in them and their beliefs.
3. -put our beliefs in smart and intelligent people and because we, the rest of the population are too lazy to study