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 A. What Is Cause-Effect
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 A. What Is Cause-Effect Essays?

• A Cause-effect essay explains the relationship

between an event and its consequence, or between
actions and results.

• Cause-Effect essays can be informative, analytical,

and insightful.

• There are two kinds of cause-effect essays.

• Focus-on-causes: the focus is on the causes of
something
 BAD DREAM
Everyone has a bad dream now and then. We usually say they are bad because
they are unpleasant. They can also be bad because they make us sleepy the next
day.

A bad dream is one in which something unpleasant happens. We lose something

or forget something or are in an embarrassing situation or some kind of physical
danger. Sometimes we even get killed. Our unpleasant feelings during the dream
are often strong enough to wake us up. Sometimes they are so strong that we
cannot get rid of them. Then we cannot go back to sleep. We lie awake the rest
of the night and have to get up in the morning to go to work or school. Because
we did not get all the sleep we needed, we feel tired and eventually become
sleepy. We cannot learn or work properly. We may even fall asleep in class or at
work.
1. What is the main purpose of this essay?
 The purpose is to show the effect of having bad dreams
when sleeping.

2. Read the thesis statement. Is it direct or indirect?

 Direct

3. What kind of cause-effect essays does the writer use?

 Focus-on-effects

4. How to avoid bad dreams?

• Establish a bedtime routine
• Manage stress
• Seek out things that provide comfort (stuffed animals,
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