Outline of Cause-Effect Essay Our Mood is Linked to the Weather

OUTLINE

THEME: Weather

TITLE: Our Mood is Linked to the Weather

INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH

General statement       : Yes, the weather affects our mood

Thesis Statement         : On the other hand, there are some major evidence that

strengthen the probability that the weather affects our mood

BODY

Paragraph 1

Topic Sentence            : A bright and sunny day can bring us to be energetic and

fired up.

Supporting ideas         : bright sun -> good day

Supporting ideas         : Good day -> good mood

Concluding sentence   : Days like these make people think that their life is

wonderful

Paragraph 2

Topic Sentence            : While a bright day brings a good mood, a very hot

temperature causes people to be bad-tempered

Supporting ideas         : very hot -> in a rush to get everything done

Supporting ideas         : in a rush to get everything done -> grumpy / irritated

Concluding sentence   : These times are called bad days

Paragraph 3

Topic Sentence            : A cloudy or even rainy day invites laziness and gloom to

the heart

Supporting ideas         : cloudy -> dark -> body alarm to get rest -> lazy

Supporting ideas         : Rain -> power to recall the sad past -> gloomy,

depressed

Concluding sentence   : Those conditions often lead to the depression and

sadness

CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH

Topic statement           : The evidence strengthen that the weather is surely

affecting our mood

Summary (phrase)       : - happy and alive in sunny day

                                    - grumpy in very hot day

                                    - sad in rainy/cloudy day