ESSAY Cause Effect Lying

OUTLINE

I. Introduction A. Ask Yourself Some Questions B. Possible Reasons for Lies C. Are There Consequences?

II. Topic Sentence

A. What is a Lie? B. Reasons Why People Lie

C. Is There Any Touble With It?

III. Topic Sentence

A. What are the advantages of Lying?

B. What are the disadvantages of Lying?

C. Lying to Impress

IV. Topic Sentence

A. Causes and Effects of Lying

B. Parents are Smarter!

C. What Do Most Young People Do?

V. Conclusion

Humberto Briceno
Prof. -----
ENC 0022 (67928)
3 November , 2014
Cause and Effect Essay

Lying

Are you able to recognize the very last time that you lied to someone? Or maybe even the last time that someone lied to you and you knew about it? Have you ever stopped and ask yourself why? There are so many different reasons that a person might lie. Maybe a lie about something to keep someone out of trouble for one time, or even a lie to impress other people. But either way there are always going to be serious consequences or effects of lying, long-term consequences…

A lie is an intentionally false statement to a person or group made by another person or group who knows it is not wholly the truth. Lies can be told for various reasons, and with various amounts of success. But many people lie everyday to, in someway or another, keep themselves out of trouble. Many teenagers will lie to their parents about what they are doing for the evening, how much of their homework they have done, or how that glass vase got broken while they were out of town. We even lie to our significant others about who that other boy was that called the house or what exactly we did with our friends last night. All anyone is trying to accomplish by this is to stay out of trouble when we know we’ve done wrong. But we never think of the effects of lying. Although we think we’re being sly, parents are usually smarter than we give them credit for! And eventually our boyfriends and girlfriends will find out! Then the problem becomes the issue of trust. If you lie, there is no trust. That can be one of the serious consequences of lying.

How about lying to impress other people? More common in children and teenagers, we lie to make others think we’re cool. And when you really think about it, that’s the part that’s not cool! Most young people care too much about what other kids think. Everyone always wants to fit in with the crowd so they lie about things to make them fit in. What happens when the plan backfires? The downside effect would be that once people know that you are constantly lying to them, they wouldn’t think you’re cool at all. So basically, lying to people to impress them will only leave them completely unimpressed.

There are many causes and effects of lying. No matter what your cause is for lying, whom you’re lying to, or how little of a fib it may seem to be, there are still consequences and effects. So next time you are about to tell a lie, or the next time someone tells you a lie, just stop and ask yourself why.