Outline of cause and effect

Thesis statement:

Academic failure in college is mainly caused by the three following factors: negative peer affection, too much freedom of college life and poor time management.

Topic sentences:

Peer affection plays an essential role in college life. You will probably become similar to who you usually get along with.

Supporting details:

Hangout with friend who lacks a passion of learning can affect ones attitude toward learning.


Topic sentence:

Lifestyle in college is extremely free. You can participate in any courses or activities you want.

Supporting details:

1. Not understanding the amount of work required or time consuming often makes students get poor performance due to insufficient preparing.
2. Participates in too much activities can also leads to poor performance on school works.

Topic sentence:

Deficiency in time management will not only affect one’s daily life, but will also result in poor performance on school works.

Supporting details:

1. Appropriate time managing is very important in college. It helps you know how much time you are spending on each activities.