ELEMENTS OF

WRITING 1:
CAUSE & EFFECT

USING VERBS

Increase
in
demand

Higher
prices

CAUSE

EFFECT

CAUSE-EFFECT
An increase in demand

causes

leads to
results in
produces

higher prices.

Higher
prices

Increase
in
demand

EFFECT

CAUSE

EFFECT-CAUSE
Higher prices are caused
results from

by an increase in demand.

are produced

USING NOUNS

Increase
in
demand

Higher
prices

CAUSE

EFFECT

CAUSE-EFFECT
The consequence of
The effect of
The result of

an increase in demand is higher prices.

Higher
prices

Increase
in
demand

EFFECT

CAUSE

EFFECT-CAUSE
The reason for
The cause of

higher prices is an increase in demand.

USING CONJUNCTIONS

Increase
in
demand

Higher
prices

CAUSE

EFFECT

The demand has increased (;)

Therefore, the prices are higher.

So,
As a result,
As a consequence,
Accordingly,
Consequently,
Because of this,
Thus,
Hence,
For this reason,

Higher
prices

Increase
in
demand

EFFECT

CAUSE

The prices are higher

because of
as a result of
on account of
owing to
through
due to
because
as
since
because
as
since
now that

an increase in demand.

there is

the demand has increased.

WRITING
ASSIGNMENT

DIVORCE
SOME
CAUSE
S

SOME
EFFEC
TS