Cause and Effect

What was useful about the Cause and Effect website reading and exercises?

The Cause and Effect website reading was very useful. It was much more simplified than the Epstein text and it used one example and went in depth with that. The example was clear and easy to understand and it was also broken down to different parts. The example was about a case case about a bicyclist, illegally parked car, and another car. The truck was illegally parked in the bike lane so the bicyclist had to move to another lane to pass it while a car behind it didn't have time to stop and smashes into the bicyclist. This case is taken to court to settle whose fault it is. Each lawyers can make their own claims about whose fault it is so many claims can be made.
Bicyclists lawyer's claim: If it wasn't for the illegally parked car, the bicyclists wouldn't have to switch lanes to pass it. Therefore, the bicyclist could have stayed in his or her lane and prevented the accident.
First driver lawyer's claim: It's the bicyclist's fault for his or her action that caused the client to slam on the brakes.
Second driver lawyer's claim: It's the first driver fault because the sudden stop caused the client to smash into its back.
These claims are all casual arguments that uses a mixture of "difference" and "commonality" reasoning. These casual arguments show that there is only one significant difference. Overall, this reading was clear and easy to understand because the example was descriptive and easy to analyze.