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3. Cause and Effect Essay
Often writers are asked to explain
how certain conditions or events
are related to the occurrence of
other conditions or events. When a
writer argues that “one thing leads
to another”, he or she is making a
cause and effect argument.

4. EXAMPLES

5. CAUSE EFFECT
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RAPID
WORSENING
INCREASE OF
GLOBAL
WARMING
CRIMES
STRONGER
POVERTY
TYPHOONS
CLIMATE
CHANGE
GOVERNMENT
PROBLEMS

6. STEPS THAT WILL HELP
YOU WRITE AN EFFECTIVE
CAUSE-AND-EFFECT ESSAY

7. Establish your Direction
Decide whether you want to talk
about Causes, Effects or both.

8. Present a Clear Thesis
Your thesis should inform readers of
your purpose or intention. The thesis
may focus on causes, effects or both.

9. Follow an Organizational Pattern
There are two basic ways to organize a cause-and-effect
essay:
Chronological (time) order
It discusses the causes and effects in the order that
they occur.
Emphatic Order
It reserves the strongest or most significant cause
and/or effect until the end

10. Use Transitions
Transitional words help your reader
follow your cause-and-effect analysis.

11. Draw a Conclusion
Restate the thesis and and reach a
conclusion concerning the cause
and/or effect analysis.

12. To Understand more about
cause-and-effect essay
see example on page 49
“The Beneficial Effects of Music’’