what is cause-effect essay?

Kinds of cause-effect-essay:

Focus on Causes

Focus on Effects

Studying an example of cause-effect essay.

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A cause-effect essay shows the reader the relationship

between something that happens and its consequences, or

between actions and results.

Example:

If too much commercial fishing is allowed in the North

Atlantic Ocean ( action), the fish population in some areas

may diminish or disappear ( result).

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Cause-effect essays can be analytical, informative and

insightful.

Kinds of Cause-effect essays:

1. Focus on causes:

In which the writer focuses on the causes of something.

2. Focus on effects:

In which the writer emphasizes the effects or results of a

cause.

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Comparison EssaysCause and Effect

ELCA 216 2nd semester, 2014 Mrs. Manal Alahmadi

Comparison EssaysCause and Effect

Example:

If your teacher asks you to write an essay about quitting a

job. You have to choice of writing either a cause essay or

an effect essay.

Focus on causes method: ( why something happened)

You can choose to write an essay on why people quit their

jobs and brainstorming possible reasons they may have for

doing so.

“Why does something happens?”

Focus on effects method: (what happens when…?)

You emphasize the effects of quitting a job—perhaps

detailing the emotional and financial consequences—in

your body paragraphs. In this case, each paragraph would

address one effect.

“What happens when …?”

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