Cause-Effect Essay



Cause-Effect Essay

INTO Mason, Core Level 4

Spring 2019

Lori Rottenberg

First Draft for Peer Review: Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Final Draft for Handing In: Thursday, March 7, 2019

For your second essay, you will write a 5-paragraph cause-effect essay. You may write a focus-on-causes essay, which explains WHY something happens, or a focus-on-effects essay, which shows the RESULTS of something that happened.

Focus on Causes Focus on Effects

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Sample Outline

Title (My Topic)______________________________________________________

I. Introduction

A. Hook ________________________________________________________________

B. Background information _________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

C. Thesis statement________________________________________________________

II. Body Paragraph #1( First cause or effect

A. Topic Sentence________________________________________________________

B. Supporting Idea #1 _____________________________________________________

1. Example __________________________________________________________

C. Supporting Idea #2_____________________________________________________

1. Example __________________________________________________________

III. Body Paragraph #2( Second cause or effect

A. Topic Sentence________________________________________________________

B. Supporting Idea #1 _____________________________________________________

1. Example __________________________________________________________

C. Supporting Idea #2_____________________________________________________

1. Example __________________________________________________________

IV. Body Paragraph #3( Third cause or effect

A. Topic Sentence________________________________________________________

B. Supporting Idea #1 _____________________________________________________

1. Example __________________________________________________________

C. Supporting Idea #2_____________________________________________________

1. Example __________________________________________________________

V. Conclusion

A. Closing thoughts or reflections about the topic_______________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

B. Restate (paraphrase) thesis and major points_________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

C. Provide a recommendation or prediction____________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

Personal Essay Topics

1. What are some effects of studying in the US?

2. What are the reasons that I chose study abroad?

3. What are the effects that my father/mother/other family member or friend has had on me?

4. What are the reasons that I have chosen to live on campus/off campus?

5. What are some of the effects of not having a car?

6. What are the effects of knowing more than one language?

7. What are the reasons why I selected my major

8. Other topic selected by you and approved by me

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Hook

Background about effects

Thesis

Cause 1

Cause 2

Cause 3

Conclusion

Hook

Background about causes

Thesis

Effect 1

Effect 2

Effect 3

Conclusion

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