CAUSE-EFFECT ESSAY

VERZHINE NIKOGHOSYAN

ENGLISH 101

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WHAT IS AN ESSAY

An essay is a short collection of paragraphs that presents facts, opinions, and ideas about a topic. Topics can range from a description of a visit to the beach to a hike to an argument for or against nuclear energy.

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A Paragraph

• A paragraph is a unit, where each sentence is related to and develops a

central idea. • A paragraph holds together, which means

each idea leads clearly and logically into the next.

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Parts of an Essay

Body Paragraph 1

Introduction- Thesis

Body Paragraph 2

Body Paragraph 3

Conclusion

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Introduction

The Hook

Connecting Sentences

Thesis Statement

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The HookThe Hook - the opening statement

1. Ask a question

2. Use an interesting observation

3. Use a unique scenario to catch the reader’s attention

4. Begin with a famous quote

5. Use a surprising or shocking statistics

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Thesis StatementDirect Thesis- when we want to give a specific outline of the essay

E.g. Main issues in this country are lack of job opportunities, government corruption, and limited university programs for poor students.

Indirect Thesis

E.g. There are three important issues facing the nation nowadays.

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Essay

Use Topic Sentences to identify the main idea of your paragraph

Topic Sentence can address one of your key points you lay in Thesis

Use Transition Sentences to jump from one paragraph to another smoothly

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CAUSE-EFFECT ESSAY

Shows the relationship between something that happens and its consequences

E.g. If too much fishing is allowed in the North Atlantic Ocean (the action), the fish population may decrease (the result).

Cause and Effect essays can be analytical, informative, and insightful

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CAUSE-EFFECT ESSAY

There is focus-on-cause method and focus-on-effects method.

Focus-on-cause explains “why does something happen?”

Focus-on-effect explains “what happens when…?”

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CAUSE-EFFECT ESSAY

for focus-on-cause method you can concentrate on why people quit their jobs

for focus-on-effect method you want to emphasize the effects, what happens when they quit their jobs

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CAUSE-EFFECT ESSAY

You can organize your events in chronological order

Or you can arrange the paragraphs in the climax order-moving from the weakest to the strongest reason

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CAUSE-EFFECT

Writing about Causes Introduction: Statement or effect and overview of causes Body: Causes, arranged in chronological or climax order Cause 1 Cause2 Cause3 Conclusion: restatement of effects, summary of causes, call for action

Writing about Effects Introduction: Statement of cause and overview of effects Body: Effects, arranged in chronological or climax order Effect 1 Effect 2 Effect 3 Conclusion: restatement of effects, summary of causes, call for action

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