Cause and Effect

how to be a responsible writer

1. have i exaggerated any causes or effects? 2. have i identified and explain causes and effects? 3. have i omitted any causes of effects?

reasons for cause and effect

1. make sense of the world 2. envision the future 3. help plan, make decisions, and implement important changes 4. help understand the past

arranging details

1. progressive - least to most, or most to least 2. chronological - time order 3. particular categories - group causes and effects

Structing C + E ... thesis will...

analyze causes, analyze effects, and analyze causes AND effects

raise and counter

bring up and point then go against it.. like with the athletes who abuse drugs.. use it to be a responsible writer

Intro

can provide a summary of ch. 2, can not chief causes, can not chief effects, and explain why understanding the C+E relationship is so important

Selecting Detail - RUPIREC

reporting multiple c+e, identify underlying c+e, prove something is a c+e, identify immediate and remote causes, reproducing causal chain, explain why something is or is not a cause or effect, and consider your audience and purpose

definition of effect

result from an event

purpose for cause and effect

share, inform, persuade, and entertain

definition of cause and effect analysis

study of cause, effect, or both causes and effects

conclusion

there are 6 ways and they usually end with a conclusion being drawn

definition of cause

why an event or action occurs