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ESSAY WRITING
Prepared By: Teacher Joy

Lesson 9
Causal Essay
The goal of causal essay is to prove the cause and effect relationship between two elements. Prior to writing your essay you should establish the reasons which cause some phenomena. In a word, you have to determine the whys and therefore of things. You should focus on the reasons why things happen, their influence on society or nature. Write about the series of events which led up to the topic. You have to sort out the one which help you to link one event to another and to determine the causes which led to some definite after-math.

Keep Note!

When considering a topic for the cause/effect essay think in terms of a time line. From a fixed point, you will either work backward looking for and proving causes, or you will work forward--looking for and proving effects. e sure the links between them are clear, and remember to find all the ma!or causes/effects. "lso be sure to completely understand your topic so you don#t miss any secondary causes or effects. $he development of the essay could go one of three ways% either write about the causes of one effect, the effects of one cause or develop a chain of events in which the effect of one cause in turn becomes the cause of another effect, and so on.

In order to write a professional cause and effect essay it is necessary to understand the term casual chain or domino effect. cause chain or a domino effect !is a chain formed of a cause producing a situation and this situation producing another situation and so on. "ach situation may have various causes and effects. #evertheless, it is suggested for students to analy$e no more than three causes or effects of any situation devoting a separate paragraph for each point THE STRUCTURE 1 variant - %ultiple causes & one effect a. Introduction ! mentions the general effect of the situation stating three causes.
immaturity.

"'ample& (hild violence is caused by lack of parental attention, parental abuse and parental

b. Body ! give the full detail about the causes of your problem. )iving e'ample is also an effective way to state the cause.
"'ample& First cause (a more detailed look on lack of parental attention with two minor
supports) Second cause (a more detailed look on parental abuse using two minor supports) Third cause (a more detailed look on parental immaturity with the help of two minor supports)

c. Conclusion ! give your final opinion about the cause of the problem. 2 variant ! *ne cause & multiple effect a. Introduction ! mentions the general effect of the situation stating three causes.
"'ample& Watching violent films has a great impact on the childs psychological and
physiological condition.

b. Body ! give the full detail about the causes of your problem. )iving e'ample is also an effective way to state the cause.

"'ample& First group of effects (psychological effects)

Second group of effects (physiological effects)

c. Conclusion ! give your final opinion about the cause of the problem.

3 variant - (ausal chain +,omino effecta. Thesis statement +mentions the first and the last parts of the chain"'. Thinking about art leads to poor results in foreign language class. b. .irst domino +thinking about art forgot to take the medicine) c. /econd domino +without the medicine could not get enough sleepd. Thirst domino +being tired could not learn the home work for the foreign language classe. 0ast domino +being not ready for class gained a poor mark

Essay Writing

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#ow that you1ve e'perience the life here in the Philippines, I know for sure that you will be able to describe in full details the things that you know about it.

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#ow that you1ve e'perience the life here in the Philippines, I know

for sure that you will be able to describe in full details the things that you know about it.