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Cause and Effect Essay

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Cause and effect essay

Exam preparation
Cause - the reason why something,
especially something bad, happens:
The police are still trying to establish
the cause of the fire. What’s a cause?
She had died of natural causes. What’s an effect?
Effect - the result of a particular
influence:
The radiation leak has had a
disastrous effect on/upon the
environment.
I tried taking tablets for the headache
but they didn't have any effect.
A cause-and-effect essay tells how one event
(the cause) leads to another event (the
effect)

Example:
Why do people overeat?
_____________________________________
______________
What happens as a result of overeating?
_____________________________________
______________
What is a Cause-Effect Essay?

In five/four-paragraph It’s not so much a cause A thesis statement in the


essays, we usually focus and effect essay as a cause introduction will tell if the
on the causes or the or effect essay. essay is about causes or
effects. effects.
Let’s look at typical assignments:
1. Today more people are overweight than ever before. What in your
opinion are the primary causes of this? What are the main effects of this
epidemic?

2. What are the causes of traffic congestion?

3. How does new technology affect manual labor?


Structure
Today more people are overweight than ever before. What in your opinion
are the primary causes of this? What are the main effects of this epidemic?

1. Introduction 1. Introduction
2. Body 2. Body
cause 1 cause 1
cause 2 effect 1
effect 1 cause 2
effect 2 effect 2
3. Conclusion 3. Conclusion
Structure
What are the causes of traffic congestion?

1. Introduction
2. Body
cause 1
cause 2
cause 3 (optional)
3. Conclusion
Structure
How does new technology affect manual labor?

1. Introduction
2. Body
effect 1
effect 2
effect 3 (optional)
3. Conclusion
Be careful! What’s wrong
with this structure?
1. Introduction
2. Body
effect 1
cause 1
effect 2
cause 2
3. Conclusion
Introduction

The introductory paragraph includes:


 Lead (hook, attention grabber).
Optional!
 General background information on
the topic.
 A thesis statement – the main idea of
your essay
The Body

 Each cause or effect gets its own


body paragraph
 First sentence is a topic sentence
that states what the cause or effect is
 Give supporting details/facts to
support your claim
The Conclusion

Rewords the thesis Summarizes the Speculates on the


primary cause or best solution to the
effects problem
Let’s practice!

1. What are the causes of traffic


congestion?
2. The Effect of Fast Fashion on
Environmental Degradation
3. How does new technology
affect manual labor?

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