“Speculating About Causes”
Assignment: Write a “Speculating About Causes” essay using the article “Prognosis for Homeless Children and Adolescents” in which you argue that a) Homelessness has effects on children and adolescents, such as A, B, and C. OR b) Homelessness causes problems in children and adolescents because A, B, and C. Regardless of which approach you choose, you must define homelessness and three effects that it has upon children and adolescents. The length of the essay is required to be 3 pages minimum and does not need to be longer than 4 pages. MLA Works Cited and in-text citations are expected to be correct.
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to write a well-developed and organized discussion of cause and effect. You must fully discuss and give examples/evidence from the article to back up your argument. In other words, the article will be used to back up your argument, and the paper will not be a compilation of quotes from the article.