Upload
eljah
View
90
Download
3
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
Cause-and-Effect Essay Writing. Melissa JensenMiss Jensen EDRD 6530AKAU.S. History Apprenticeship Assignment. Cause-and-Effect?. Cause-and-effect writing gives reasons and explanations for events, conditions, or behavior - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Citation preview
Cause-and-Effect Essay Writing
Melissa Jensen Miss JensenEDRD 6530 AKA U.S. HistoryApprenticeship Assignment
Cause-and-Effect?
Cause-and-effect writing gives reasons and explanations for events, conditions, or behavior
Cause=a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect
Effect=something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence
Where to start?
Get a topic—event or condition
Brainstorm causes or effects Additional research (if necessary)
Example:Effect: Your car won’t startCauses: You are out of gas, Your battery is dead, You don’t have any good CDs in the car
Planning
Diagram relationships of causes and effects
Check for errors
Ask questions: Have I assumed a relationship when there is
none? Have I assumed only one cause when many may
be appropriate? Have I incorrectly assumed a causal relationship
between two events that follow each other?
Causes: •You are out of gas—relationship•Your battery is dead—relationship •You don’t have any good CDs in the car—no relationship
Drafting the essay
Use cause-and-effect diagram
Create outline Most important causes and effects Ask questions:
Who was responsible? Who was affected? Did the event have social or economic consequences?
Compose thesis
Examples
Example
Add markings showing thesis, causes, & effects
Examples
Examples
Add markings showing thesis, causes, & effects
Assignment
You will be turning in a cause-and-effect essay at the end of the week. This essay will be in response to the following question: How did industrialization become an important part of America’s development and how did it directly affect Americans?
Industrialization in the US