Friday's task

Hi all,

A cause-and-effect essay is one of most common academic writing patterns that you'll be dealing with in college, and in this essay, it is significant to focus on the relationships between cause(s) and effect(s). Please remember three different types for cause-and-effect essays that I mentioned in class: (1) a single cause and multiple effects, (2) multiple causes and a single effect, and (3) causal chains. Your essay would be one of these three types, and in any case, make sure to clearly articulate the logical chains between cause(s) and effect(s).

In addition, it is still important for your essay to have a clear thesis statement and topic sentences. As for cause-and-effect essays, your thesis statement and topic sentences should include reason(s) and result(s) about a topic that you're focusing on. Also, don't forget to provide convincing supporting details to underpin your claims.

Today, you will develop an outline for the essay before you start to write it down. (You DO NOT have to finish an entire essay.) Here's a sample outline (click on the link) for the cause-and-effect essay, which would be helpful for you to come up with ideas. (This is a student's work, so it might include some grammatical mistakes.)

*Before you start, please read the following instruction carefully. 

Instruction:

Your outline:

• should have a thesis statement including three major factors, which would be cause(s) or effect(s).
• should have three topic sentences, which consist of each body.
• should have a couple of supporting details (examples) for each topic sentence.

DO NOT submit the outline via e-mail or Dropbox; instead, POST the outline to your own BLOG by 4:00 P.M.

Enjoy,
Joy