Monday, October 18, 2010

Essay 3 Pre-Writing Process

Possible topic for Cause/Effect Analysis Essay (Essay #3):

Going along with the word "fear" from the song:  How Schitzophrenia manifests itself - from before symptoms arise to becoming a condition that completely interferes in one's life.


To Research:

-Definition of Schitzophrenia.
-How Schitzophrenia directly relates to "fear."
-Statistics/facts about Schitzophrenia and/or someone's story/case study.
-Early symptoms of Schitzophrenia.
-Causes of Schitzophrenia.
-Steps/process one goes through when he/she has Schitzophrenia.
-What is the end result / what does Schitzophrenia do to a person's life when fully manifested?


Outline:

Intro Paragraph & Thesis:  Facts about Schitzophrenia (statistics).

Body Paragraph #1:  Define Schitzophrenia.  Explain how relates to fear.  Before symptoms begin / Predispositions / Causes.

Body Paragraph #2:  Early symptoms.

Body Paragraph #3:  Obvious symptoms and outcomes of Schitzophrenia.

Conclusion Paragraph:  Ultimate result of Schitzophrenia in someone's life.  Restate 3 points.  Closing remarks.

5 comments:

  1. This is a really good topic and you seem to be well organized. I'm interested to read about the information you find!

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  2. I really like this topic, I think that disorders are fun to learn about and how they come about and how they work. I think this will be a really cool paper =)

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  3. This is a very interesting topic, and I’m sure you will have plenty of research to sift through.

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  4. I like your idea. It looks like your essay will be very interesting and flow together well.

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  5. This is definitely an interesting topic I want to see your final paper because I would like to know more about this disorder, and how bad it can get? Is it really like they would portray it on TV and in movies?

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