Cause or Effect Essay

Cause or Effect Essay

By Burcu DOĞAN ÇELİKER

Cause or Effect Essay

What is the proper organization of a cause or effect essay?

​You need to focus either on causes OR effects.

1. ​Brainstorm

2. Organize your thoughts (decide which one you want to talk about (effects OR causes)

3. Form an outline​

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Cause or Effect Essay

What is the proper organization of a cause or effect essay?

​There should be at least 4 paragraphs.

1. ​Introduction

2. Body paragraphs (Min. 2)

3. Conclusion

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Cause or Effect Essay

What is the proper organization of an Introduction?

1. ​Hook (a question, an anecdote, a quotation...)

2. Background information

3. Thesis statement

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Cause or Effect Essay

Thesis statement states what you are going to talk about and in what way you are going to talk about that issue.

​There are significant effects of ......(N/ N phr) ON ........ (N/N phr)

There are significant effects of watching TV on physiological and psychological ​health of people.

...... (N/N phr) is caused by ........, ........., ........ (N/N phr)​

Stress is caused by economical and sociological reasons.​

There are ... reasons why ....​ (S+V+O); ........., ..........

​: There are two main reasons why these and other cities are becoming so crowded; one economic, the other socio-cultural.

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Thesis statement states what you are going to talk about and in what way you are going to talk about that issue.

There are ..... reasons for ..... (N/N phr)​ such as ....., ........., ....... .​

There are some reasons for stress such as economical and sociological problems. ​

​There are some reasons for stress; economical and sociological problems. ​

​Causes of ...... can be due to ......, ........, .......

​Causes of stress can be due to economical or sociological problems.​

....... has many effects on .........

Stress has many effects on people's physiological or pschological health.

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What is the proper organization of a body paragraph?

1. ​Major Support

2. Minor Support

3. Examples

4. Transitions​

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Topic sentence examples:

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​One reason for why ........... is that ...............

One reason for why people have stress in their lives is that they have economical problems.​

Another reason for why ......... is that ..............

One of the most primary-crucial- key-fundamental- vital- main reasons-causes of ............ is​...............

One of the most primary-crucial- key-fundamental- vital- main reasons-causes of stress is​economy.

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Topic sentence examples:

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​It is important not to forget the role of .................... in ..............

It is important not to forget the role of economy in the causes of stress in people's lives.

................. has negative effects/impacts on ......................

Economy has negative effects on ​the level of stress in people's lives.

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One of the most important/vital/significant effect of ........ is ...........

​One of the most important/vital/significant effect of stress is having bad relations with people.

​The other serious/important effect of ............ is ............ .

The most outstanding /significant effect of ...... is ............​ .

Apart from ......., ......... also affects ..................... . ​

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What is the proper organization of a conclusion?

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1. ​Restatement of the thesis statement

2. Summarize the main points​

3. Comment/Prediction/Advice​

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Multiple Select

When describing cause & effect it is very important to use transition words. Why? Choose 2 answers.

• because it helps the readers move from one idea to the next

• because our teacher told us so

• because it helps us understand the relationship between our ideas and how the connect

• because that's how you show you can write in English proficiently

Multiple Select

Choose all the transition words that show you are giving an example.

• For example

• On the whole

• For instance

• in addition

Multiple Select

Choose all the transition words that show one thing causes another.

• as a result

• for this reason

• moreover

• furtermore

• consequently

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Are you ready to write now?