1. Cause and Effect Essays

2. Why did you get a low grade?
Or a good grade?
What are the effects of failure on your future?

3. Why did the government make a new law?
What will be the effect of that law?
Why do children act badly?
What is the effect of violent movies on children?

4. Why do people drink alcohol or take drugs?
Why do people get plastic surgery?
What is the effect of the beauty industry on young girls?

5. What is the effect of consumerism?
Why have we become more superficial?
Why do students cheat?
What is the effect of cheating?
What is the effect of government campaigns to save the environment?
What are the main causes of air pollution in the Vancouver?

6. Often more than one cause or effect
Brainstorm and decide which are important
Some may happen immediately and some may happen much later
Sometimes it’s important to state that something is not true, even though many people believe it is an important cause or effect
Problems with cause and effect:
Oversimplifying
Assuming that an earlier event caused a later one

7. Organizational Patterns
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8. The End