Outline of Cause-Effect Essay

Topic: Overusing Facebook makes people unhappy.

1. Introduction (Paragraph 1)
A. Hook: These days, people use Facebook so much.
B. Connecting Information: There are some negative aspects of overusing Facebook.
C. Thesis statement: We should be aware of effects of overusing Facebook.
2. Body
A. Paragraph 2 (first point of comparison) topic sentence: People compare
themselves with others.
1) Most of people post positive things on the Facebook.
2) Facebook users can look up others daily life on the Facebook.
3) Human beings tend to compare themselves with other people and they keep thinking
they are living unfortunate lives.
B. Paragraph 3 (second point of comparison) topic sentence: Privacy can blow up.
1) People are not concerned about their privacy and keep their profile on the public
setting. This provides no protection against non-friends.
2) There is face recognition function on Facebook and this can tag Facebook friends
automatically.
3) Advertisement what people are interested appears on their Facebook.
C. Paragraph 4 (third point of comparison) topic sentence: People waste much of
time to use Facebook and cannot have personal time
1) People spend their personal time so much on using Facebook.
2) It leads to excessive waste of time.
3) People lose a lot of personal time, so they cannot do self-development such as doing
hobbies, having a rest and so on.
3. Conclusion (Paragraph 5)
A. Restated thesis: Because of these negative effects of overusing Facebook, people

should know that overuse of Facebook leads negative effects to

their lives.
B. Suggestion, opinion, or prediction: Overusers of Facebook have to reduce their
Facebook using time, and correct their wrong life style.