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As a student you know that ifyou stay up late the night before a test to watch a movie and do not study, you may not perform well on the test the following day. A cause-effect essay tells how one event (the cause) leads to another event (the effect) .  \nA cause-effect essay can do one of two things:  \n• It can analyze the ways in which one or more effects result from a particular cause.(Focus-on-Effects Method)  \n• It can analyze the ways in which one or more causes lead to a particular effect.(Focus-on-Causes Method)  \nIn other words, your essay may focus more on the effects of a cause or more on the causes of one effect. Either approach provides a useful means of discussing the possible relationship between the two events. It is not a good idea to mix several causes and several effects in an essay because your focus may become unclear.  \nIn cause-effect essays, it is easy to suggest that because one event preceded another event, the former event caused the latter. Simply because one event follows another one sequentially does not mean that the two actions are related. For example, people often complain that as soon as they finish washing their car, it starts to rain. Obviously, washing a car does not cause rain. Writers need to be sure that the causes and effects they describe are logically connected.  \n134 Unit 6 • Cause-Effect Essays  \nHow Is a Cause-Effect Essay Organized?  \nThere are two basic ways to organize a cause-effect essay: focus-on-effects or focus-on-causes. If your assignment is to write a cause-effect essay on the topic of global warming, you could write two kinds of essays:  \n• In a focus-on-effects essay, you would write about the threatened habitat of polar bears as a result of global warming and the melting of large parts of the Arctic Circle. Your essay might include five paragraphs and look like this:  \n\n| IntrOduCtIOn | Paragraph 1 | hook\u003Cbr>connecting information\u003Cbr>Thesis |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| BOdy | Paragraph 2 | Effect 1: dangerous swimming conditions\u003Cbr>• sea ice platforms farther apart |\n|  | Paragraph 3 | Effect 2: scarcity of food\u003Cbr>• fewer hunting opportunities |\n|  | Paragraph 4 | Effect 3: reduced population\u003Cbr>• Females with less body weight have lower reproduction rates. |\n| COnClusIOn | Paragraph 5 | restated thesis\u003Cbr>suggestion/opinion/prediction |\n\n• In a focus-on-causes essay, you would write about the causes of global warming, such as excessive carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In this case, the organization for this essay could have five paragraphs and look like this:  \n\n| IntrOduCtIOn | Paragraph 1 | hook\u003Cbr>connecting information\u003Cbr>Thesis |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| BOdy | Paragraph 2 | cause 1: human activities\u003Cbr>• carbon dioxide from vehicles\u003Cbr>• not recycling (requires creating more products from scratch) |\n|  | Paragraph 3 | cause 2: increased industrial activity\u003Cbr>• greater carbon dioxide from burning fuels to run factories |\n|  | Paragraph 4 | cause 3: deforestation\u003Cbr>• Increased human population requires more space, so trees are cut down.\u003Cbr>• Fewer trees mean less oxygen, which causes a higher percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. |\n| COnClusIOn | Paragraph 5 | restated thesis\u003Cbr>suggestion/opinion/prediction |\n\nGreat topics for Cause-Effect Essays  \nWhat is a great topic for a cause-effect essay? This type of essay may focus more on the causes or more on the effects, but most writers answer this question by thinking of an effect or a final result. The brainstorming stage then requires ","cbCaioa0s12aJvSi","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioa0s12aJvSi","pdf",3656239,28,"English","# Objectives\n# What Is a Cause-Effect Essay?\n# How Is a Cause-Effect Essay Organized?\n# Great Topics for Cause-Effect Essays\n## Activity 1: Identifying Topics for Cause-Effect Essays","[{\"question\":\"What is a cause-effect essay and what does it explain?\",\"answer\":\"A cause-effect essay explains how one event (the cause) leads to another event (the effect).\"},{\"question\":\"What are the two ways to organize a cause-effect essay?\",\"answer\":\"It can be organized as focus-on-effects or focus-on-causes, depending on whether the writing emphasizes outcomes or reasons.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is it important to connect causes and effects logically?\",\"answer\":\"Because the fact that one event happened before another does not automatically mean the first caused the second, so writers must ensure a logical connection.\"}]","Unit 6 - Cause-Effect Essays | PDF",1790080563,10]