Causal Arguement outline

Rebecca Scheper

Introduce the issue and state your claim:

·       Teen rebellion is increasing and it is very problematic because more kids are running away, killing themselves, getting into drugs. We need to realize how to stop this

·       With this issue, more kids are getting involved in things that are not good for them. One big thing is drugs and alcohol and breaking the law in general

·       My claim for this paper is about why teenagers rebel against their parents. What causes their motives to do that

Propose relative contributions of different cause of phenomenon or importance of different consequences:

·       One cause for this rebellion is teenagers want to be independent. They want to make their own decisions and not follow what their parents tell them to do. They want to do the complete opposite of what their parents want them to do

·       Another cause is they want to feel more grown up. They want to try to be more grown up so they experiment with different things. They want to do stuff that older people do.

·       Another cause is the teen rebelling wants to themselves from childhood dependency on parental approval for always being the good child.

Respond to objections to argument:

·       There aren’t any objections

Conclusion:

·       Rebellion is common among adolescents and teens. They do it out of independent and just wanting to grow up and because they are tired of being sheltered or known as the “good child”

·       This is problematic because its leading to suicide from drugs or alcohol and criminal activity too