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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Cause-Effect Essay .

Example of Cause-Effect Essay.
Cause and Effects of Smoking.
Nowadays , it is common if we come across many articles about smoking and badly can they affect our lives in various terms such as health when we flip through the newspapers . It seems like smoking has become major concern . We will also be updated about people who died because of their smoking habit which leads to many diseases . According to Terry Martin ( 2007 ) , smoking is the prime factor of heart disease , stroke and chronic lung disease . Therefore , various efforts have been done in order to decrease the amount of smokers . As for Malaysians , we have been exposed about smoking and how smoking could bring troubles to us in the future . As for the students , as they learnt Science subjects , they will be taught clearly about the content of cigarettes such as nicotine  and how each content contribute to all the bad effects . However , despise all that bad stories about smoking habit , people seem to not care and still carry on with their unforgiveable smoking habits . There are various causes and effects of smoking . Smoking can be caused by various influences and can affect people’s health and appearance .
A reason why people start smoking could be from living with people who smoke. Children who grow up with smokers take up the habit more frequently than those who grow up in a smoke-free home. According to Poushali Ganguly ( 2008 ) ,  smoking parents might influence their children to start smoking . As teenagers are very immature in order to decide ,  they frequent see in their point of view that smoking is a sign of growing up .. They will begin by imitating the way their parents smoking using non-cigarettes and as time pass by , they will be thrilled to test the real cigars which will lead them to various bad effects throughout their whole lives . Peer influence seems to play an important role in smoking. As all of us know  , friends are major part of teenagers’ life . If they have friends who smoke , there is a high possibility that they will smoke in order to fit in with their friends . As they are stress , their friends might take advantage to persuade them to try smoking . They will tell their friends how smoking can help them release stress . As they are their friends , they will easily trust their friends  and try smoking . As they smoke once , they will tend to continue smoking and become addicted . As a result , they can hardly leave the smoking habit and should be prepared to become sick in the future . Advertising techniques are one of the main reasons that people begin to smoke.  According to Brian Welsch ( 2008 ) , cigarettes advertisements never tell the bad consequences of smoking . Have you ever seen a billboard with normal, middle aged person smoking? Do they show people with stained teeth, wrinkled faces, and a large cloud of smoke hovering over their heads- the direct results of smoking. No. This is because that action will scare the non-smokers as well as the smokers and will consequently affect their business . Regardless their selfishness , they tend to publish very creative cigarettes advertisements and attract the non-smokers to try smoking . As for the smokers , they will continue smoking and become heavy smoker . All cigarettes advertisements are designed to look cool , attractive and downright sexy . This will pull the teenagers’ desire to try on cigarettes .
As people speak about smoking habit , we already know that cigarettes affect health in a negative way . We are well  aware that smoking habit contributes to many types of cancer such as lung and bladder cancer . Little did we know that smoking habit can also lead to a disease we seldom heard about which is pulmonary disease . The worst part is , smoking can lead to very chronic obstructive pulmonary disease . According to Brian Welsch ( 2008 ) , this disease can lead to death if the patients have not being treated badly . This is because this disease involve airways and air sacs . The airways and air sacs will lose their shape and become floppy . As a result , less air will get in and less air will get out due to the loss of elasticity by the airways and air sacs . In conclusion , this disease will lead to respiratory problems . For a smoking mother who is pregnant , her smoking habit can also affects herself and her baby very badly . According to Paul Courtney ( 2004 ) , smoking could give various complications to both mother and her baby during pregnancy and delivery . As for the mother , she can be hospitalized due to excessive vomiting as it is not good for her health . She might get tired vomiting because every time she vomits , she might lose some nutrients .  This is because pregnant mothers need enough nutrients for herself and her baby . As for the newborns , their size is greatly altered due to smoking . Normally , pregnant mothers will deliver their babies earlier . This pre term delivery newborns usually are in smaller size compared to non-premature babies . Other than that , consequences can also develop later in childhood . The children might be getting some diseases such as asthma and might affects the children’s academic reputation as well . Smoking not just effect smokers’ health but non-smokers too . According to Kevin Mathias ( 2007 ) , people who inhale smoke from cigarettes have a very high risk to get various diseases such as cough , nausea , headache , eye irritation , sore throat , dizziness and respiratory problems . Therefore , it is proven that smoking habit bring bad effects to people’s health regardless whether that person is a smoker or a non-smoker . As we can see , smoking habit brings no good to health .
Furthermore , smoking habit can also affects one’s appearance . As all of us know , bad appearance can affect our self-confidence . According to Brian Welsch ( 2008 ) , smokers tend to have those “ smoker ‘s face “ , a condition that is identified on 1965 . Usually , smokers skin has grey tint to it and it is pale . Nevertheless , smokers also tend to have more wrinkles than non-smokers . This is due to the narrow of the blood vessels near the surface skin and fibers that damage .Other than that , smokers also have their own facial expression . Smokers always do the lips pursing and eye squinting . It is as if they are holding cigarettes and avoiding smoke . Smoking also give bad body appearance . Normally , smokers appeared to become anemic . This is smoking restricted the body from utilizing some vitamins as they should . For instance ,  smoking damage the depletions of Vitamin A and Vitamin C . Vitamin A is involved actively in repairing skin while Vitamin C is an antioxidant and helps the body absorb iron .That is why smokers appeared to be anemic or in other words , thin . Therefore , if we observe hard enough , we might find that heave smokers are not well-fitted . Otherwise , they are very skinny and seems very sick all the time as if they suffer from any disease . Moreover , most smokers appeared to be unhappy with their lives . This might be caused by their awareness of how bad things will become in the future because of their bad smoking habit . They might be worried of their health . As a normal person , a smoker also has certain people whom they care about very much . They may also feel worried in case their bad smoking habit will consequently effect their loved one’s health . According to Jwesly Stiffen ( 2008 ) , the pleasure that all the smokers feel from having a smoke is because they are already addicted to smoking . Therefore , we are sure that they do not feel quite as happy inside as how pleasure they look outside . So , it is vivid that smoke can degrade our appearance in every possible way .
Smoking habit is bad to everyone . Smoking habit brings bad effects all the way . Smoking habit degrade our physical appearances . This can cause us to have very low self confidence and people around us might not feel comfortable to be near us . Other than that , smoking habit also effects our health in a very bad . The worst part is , smoking habit not just effects the smokers themselves but the non-smokers as well . This is due to the content of cigarettes . Smoking can mainly be caused by many influences . As most early smokers are teenagers , they tend to be influenced by parents who smoke , friends as well as media mass because they are too curious to try new things . Thus , based on the effects , it is clear that smoking is bad and can affects everyone . So , all smokers should quit smoking to create a better lifestyle .


Types of Essay


Hello dear readers. How has life been treating you? I hope everything is fine though. So, like I promised you earlier, today, I am going to introduce you to a few types of essay and their definition. 

For your information, there is a number of types of essay i this world. Some of them you may never heard of but they do exist. However, right now, I am only going to introduce you to a few common types of essay. Take note ;

Common essay types include the following:
    Persuasive/argumentative essay. 
        Makes a claim or takes a position and backs it up with statistics, expert opinions, and other evidence. You may review an opposing review and explain why it is wrong and you are right.
    Comparison essay. 
    This essay demonstrates similarities and differences between two topics.
    Descriptive essay. 
    This essay explains the “what, why, how, when, and where’s” of a topic. For example, a descriptive essay about a tree would explain what it’s made of, why it grows, when it grows, and so on.
    Evaluation essay. 
    This essay describes a thing or event and explains its importance, value, and/or relevance. Did you like this thing? Why? Did you not like it? State why.
    Narrative essay. 
    This type of essay tells a story in a sequence of events. There should be some point, lesson, or idea gleaned from this narrative to make the essay meaningful.
    So, those are the most common essays everyone SHOULD know. So, have you found out what makes the previous essay the compare-contrast  or comparison essay?
    Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

Compare- Contrast Essay

        Compare- Contrast Essay 

          Teenagers usually find a side job during long holidays . This is because they want to feed their lifestyle . Some of them find that job in order to buy branded clothes , new hand phones and many other cool stuff .  I am one those teenagers that apply for jobs during my holiday. My aim was to gain some useful experience and fill my leisure usefully . I want to get to know many people and experience the real suffer to earn money so that I would appreciate money . During my last holiday , I managed to work at two different bakery houses which are Secret Recipe and Yee’s Bakery . Although both of them are bakery houses but I happened to observe many differences . There are differences regarding the dress code , business hours and style of working .

There are slightly some differences regarding the dress code . As I worked at Secret Recipe , I was asked to obey the dress code . My working attire was a red blouse with a pair of black pants and a pair of shiny black shoes on my feet . The dress code might sound a bit fussy but I think it was quite a good feeling to have my colleagues wearing the same thing like I did . Other than that , I was also provided with a name tag which actually helped a lot . This is because , as there was my name on it , it will be easier for the customers and my colleagues to alert me if they were in need of my assistance . When I was working at the Yee’s Bakery , it was different . I need not to follow any dress code as I was allowed to wear anything as long as the attire was comfortable and not too much for my work . That was easier as I can wear anything I wish without any hesitance . It felt more comfortable being able to wear the shirt I wanted to while working compared to when I had to wear uniform . However , I have to admit that it was kind of not neat . Furthermore ,I like the idea of uniformity while working because that actually helps a lot to motivate me to work hard . This is because uniformity helps building teamwork among the workers . So , there is a huge difference of dress code between Secret Recipe and Yee’s Bakery .

                Despite the differences on the dress code , there were also some differences regarding the working hours . I worked for six hours daily at Secret Recipe as each shift consists of six hours . The workers need to work according to shift . However , I need to work extra hours every time there were festive seasons such as Chinese New Year and Christmas Day . Sometimes , I even worked since 9.30 am until 12.00 am . This is due to the too many cake reservations we had to deal with . We also took reservations for many other occasions such as wedding ceremonies and birthday celebrations . In other words , my working hours were very packed as Secret Recipe also plays as a restaurant that serves customers . However , things were different  when I worked at Yee’s Bakery. The bakery is located near my residential area . The business hours were made specific . I started working at exactly 8.30am in the morning and end at 6.00pm everyday . Other than that , I also got leave for every festive season . As for the festive season that I celebrate such as Hari Raya Aidiladha , I got extra days of leaving . Truth be told , my working hours there were quite loose because that bakery was a lot different compared to Secret Recipe mostly because Secret Recipe is more popular than Yee’s Bakery . Therefore, we did not get reservations as many as when I worked at Secret Recipe previously .

                Other than that ,there is also slightly some differences about the style of working . Honestly , I admit that working in Secret Recipe claimed me to be really disciplined . This is because , I needed to start my job half an hour earlier and ended my job half an hour later . As working at Secret Recipe claimed us to communicate with our customers a lot , therefore , I needed to be very polite all the time just to satisfy my customers . However , working at Yee’s Bakery was kind of different as I needed not to communicate so much with the customers because normally , senior workers will take orders from customers and the junior workers will only prepare for the reservations . On one hand , working at Secret Recipe was more tiring than working at Yee’s Bakery. I did not get any  rest except during my recess time . That was due to the pack working hours and the many reservations I needed to deal with . On the other hand , working at Yee’s Bakery was quite enjoyable as we did not get too many reservations . Therefore , it was less tiring as we did not have to rush in order to settle down with all the reservations . There were always some time where all the workers got to talk and laugh with each other .

                In conclusion , working at Secret Recipe is different than working at Yee’s Bakery . There is slightly some differences about the style of working . When I was working at Secret Recipe , I was taught to be a very disciplined worker as I need to follow certain rules and communicate politely with the customers . Next difference is the working hours . Working at Secret Recipe was more stressful because I was asked work according to shifts and sometimes work extra hours during special occasions . The last difference is the dress code . Working at Secret Recipe claimed me to follow the dress code provided while I can wear anything when I work at Yee’s Bakery . However , I like working at Secret Recipe more than I like working at Yee’s Bakery .

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So that was the essay I wrote about one ago. Instead of telling you what makes it a compare-contrast essay, why do not I leave you analyzing the whole essay and analyse it yourself? So, get you brain work a little and figure it out. I will tell you a few types of essays in the next post and so will tell you what makes the essay being categorized into different types of essay. Enjoy !


An information is not a knowledge.


Sunday, February 6, 2011

5 Ways to Write Good Essay


Hello readers. How are you? I wish all of you are in the pink of health . 
So today, I am going to share with you five important steps to write a good essay. I believe many of you are not aware about these steps. Some of you might instantly write an essay right after you get the title. However, there are chances that you are going to misunderstand. Therefore, these steps could be very useful to help you in order to write good essay.

There are five main steps to write a good essay. 

Step 1: Read the essay

Read the question carefully before you decide what kind of essay it is - opinion, compare/contrast, problem and solution, cause and effect, or a mixture. The type of question will decide the layout and your ideas later.

Step 2: Underline

Then,underline key vocabulary in the question and write words with the same or related meaning. This will really save you a lot of time later on. It will also help to avoid repetition of words, and will show that you understand the question very well.

Step 3: Get Ideas

After that,decide if you are for or against the idea. Usually it is best to give both sides  (for and against - one paragraph each) and then to give your opinion in the conclusion. However there are other ways of laying out  your essay.

Step 4: Decide Layout

You should decide on a layout. The easiest is 3773. That means four paragraphs: introduction (3 sentences) one side (7 sentences), the other side (7 sentences) and the conclusion (3 sentences). This will give you 20 sentences. An average of about 12 words each, that is 240 words. Perfect!

Step 5: Write

After you have written your plan, write your essay. Follow the steps in this website for writing the introduction, body, and conclusion. Check for fragments,run-ons and comma splices.

Therefore,those are five important steps to write good essay. Practise this, it helps a lot. Good luck !

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