Cause & Effect Academic Writing Presentation

8/7/2019 Cause & Effect Academic Writing Presentation

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Cause & EffectTim Drown

UPH Professional Development


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Time

Cause Effect


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Cause Effect

Time


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One cause : one effectMany causes : one effect

One cause : many effects

Many causes : many effects


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One or Many?

Causes

Effects

1 >1

1 1:1 1:>1

>1>1:1 >1:>1


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What is the cause / effect?


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Reasons for effects (results)

When you are writing critically, it is important

to explain why you think something is true.

You need to give reasons and explanationsfor any general statements you make.

Example without reason or explanation:

The death rate from cancer is increasing.


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Notice how the cause and effect

relationships are expressed below:

There are several factors to be taken into account

when studying why some plants become weak or

die. One reason is lack of water. Dryness in th

esoil causes the leaves to wilt, and may give rise to

the death of the plant. On the otherhand, too

much water may result in the leaves drooping, or

becoming yellow.Wh

ile sunshine is necessary forplants, if it is too strong, the soil may be baked and

the roots killed. However, if there is no light, the

leaves will become pale and the stems thin.

Consequently the plant may die.


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Cause & effect relationships

Lack of water dryness in the soil

leaves wilt death of plant.

Too much water leaves becomeyellow death of plant.

Too muchhot sun baked soil

roots killed death of plant. Lack of light pale leaves & thin

stems death of plant.


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Another example

In the meantime, warhad broken out

between the United States and Mexico.

The main cause was a long standing

dispute over where the southernboundary of Texas belonged. Americans

were saying the boundary was along the

Rio Grande River, and the Mexicans wereinsisting that the boundary belonged

along the Nueces River.

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