1. © 2002 Pearson Education, publishing as Longman Publishers. Chapter 14: The Cause or Effect Essay The Write Start with Readings: Paragraphs to Essays, 1/e PowerPoint by Katherine Grubbs

2. © 2002 Pearson Education, publishing as Longman Publishers. Cause and effect mode of writing:  Causal analysis—explains why something happens. Effect analysis—explains the results or consequences. Both point out the special relationship between things or events. Provides a logical method of developing a topic in writing.

3. © 2002 Pearson Education, publishing as Longman Publishers. Developing the cause and effect analysis:  A. Causal chain—prewriting exercises that focuses on important causes and effects.  B. Clarify relationships between causes and effects.

4. © 2002 Pearson Education, publishing as Longman Publishers. Developing the cause and effect analysis :  C. Avoid making easy causal assumptions. 1. Chronological sequence—do not assume that because one event follows another in time that the first event caused the second to occur. 2. Coincidence—do not assume that because one thing occurred, it is patterned after or related to some other event.

5. © 2002 Pearson Education, publishing as Longman Publishers. Writing the analysis:  Topic sentence should state the topic clearly.  Topic sentence should state why certain causes and effects are being explored.  Focuses on causes and effects.  Transitional expressions emphasize cause and effect relationships.  Conclusion should flow from essay’s main topic.

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