CauseEffect By Connie Dominguez And Azucena Palomares What
Cause/Effect By: Connie Dominguez And Azucena Palomares
What is Cause and Effect? • Types of questions or subjects that lead to an analysis of the effects, or results, of an occurrence.
Steps to writing an effective cause and effect paragraph
1. Generate ideas about the relationship between your cause and effect ü brainstorm several chronological effects that occurred prior to the cause. A diagram might help you. . ü Think about chain reactions, domino effects ü Always think of the relationships to stay on your topic Work Stress in my life Exhaustion
2. Determine you topic sentence • The topic sentence focuses on one specific cause and one specific effect(keeping your subject in mind). Ex: i am so tired, because I work very hard every day. The subject being “the stress in my life” the cause being working hard and then the effect being that this person is tired.
3. Organize your cause and effects with TRANSITIONS • After placing your cause and effects in a sequential order use some of these transitions to help you flow them together better. . So Because of Due to For this reason Therefore Consequently etc. .
4. Develop each cause or effect with descriptive details and examples Example: I decided to get a job because I wanted to help out, but it didn’t go as planned, and that was the en result instead. • the cause of getting a job to help out resulting in not going according to plan.
When to use Cause and Effect • When you need to Help understand WHY something happened or the consequences of something.
ACTIVITY Choose a picture and use vivid description to describe the cause and effect.
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