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Cause and Effects
Cause and Effects
A cause and effect essay discusses the causes (or reasons) for, the effects (or results) of something, or
both causes and effects.
You can organize the cause and effect essay in two ways: block organization or chain organization.
In BLOCK ORGANIZATION, you first discuss all the causes as a block (in one, two or more
paragraphs) Then you discuss all the effects together as a block. You can discuss either causes
or effects first.
In CHAIN PATTERN, causes and effects are linked to each other as a chain. One event causes a
second event, which in turn causes a third event, which in turn causes a fourth event etc.
INTRODUCTION
Writing technique questions
1. Is the topic of this essay primarily the causes or the effects of shyness?
2. Which paragraph(s) discusses the cause(s)?
3. Which paragraph(s) discusses the effect(s)?
4. What two subtopics are named in the thesis statement?
5. Which paragraph(s) discusses the first subtopic?
6. Which paragraph(s) discusses the second subtopic?
7. What is the function of paragraph 3?
8. Which pattern (A, B, C, D) does the model follow?
PRACTICE 1 INTRODUCTION
Thesis statement
CONCLUSION
CHAIN ORGANIZATION
3. What other change results from the decrease in the amount of sunlight?
PRACTICE 2
Write a complete essay of about 350 words on ONE of the following topics:
Many researches has shown that adopting pets is considered to bring up the joy of life, which prolongs
the lifespan of both human and pet
A recent study showed that there have been more pets than children in American households. Amazed?
Statistics say that . In fact, keeping pets can offer healthy well-beings state for human, including
companionship, stress reduction and mood enhancement. (Thesis Statement)
The first result is that pets can certainly make you feel beter. Whether you believe or not pets
are a great way to improve your mood and temparament. Research has shown that people who
suffer from various diseases have lesser chances of depression if they keep pets as compared to
those who are suffering from similar diseases and do not keep pets. This is reason why doctors
advise patients to keep pets, such as dogs, cats or birds at home.
Secondly, adopting pets can help human relieve stress and depression