Essay

 The author lists one or more causes or events and the resulting consequences or effects.  Effect= what happened?  Cause= What made it happen?  The purpose is to explain why or how something happened, exists, or works.

 Your hobby may be tropical fish. You emphasize the causes.  Wanted a pet but allergic to fur  Fascinated with an aquarium at the doctor’s office  Your aunt gave you two goldfish and a bowl  If you focus on the effect, you might be writing on how your interest in tropical fish led to your majoring in marine biology.

Cause effect

Effect Cause

 Becausebecause of  Asas a result of  Since reasons whyreasons for  Consequentlyresult  Causedcaused byin order to  Inspiredinfluenced by  Led toleads or leads to  Begineffects of  So  Therefore  Onsetoutcomebrought on by  If-thenimpact

 The author states a problem and lists one or more possible solutions to the problem.  The author states several problems and then writes about a possible solution.  May also include the pros and cons for the solutions.

Problem solution

Solution problem

 Problem isconclusion  Dilemma isone challenge  Solvedsolution is  Questionissue  Answerpossible answer  Becausetherefore  Sinceif…then, thus  This led tothis let to, so that  The main difficultytherefore  One possiblea potential alternative is