Cause and Effect essay

Cause and Effect essay

Looks at the reasons or causes for something, and discusses the results and effects.

Sometimes referred as Reason and Result essay.

• Discuss the causes and effects of global warming, (Crime rate rise etc)- Cause and Effect essay.
• Account for the fall of Roman Empire (Timurid Empire)- causes only essay
• Discuss the WHO and its effects on global health (UN and its effect on peace in the world) –effects only

Two ways to structure a cause and effect essay

• block- lists all of the causes first, then effects
• Chain- each cause is followed immediately by the effect.

Block structure

• Introduction
• Causes
• (Transition sentence)
• Effects
• Conclusion
• 2 blocks.

The first main cause of global warming is burning fossil fuels

• The first main cause of global warming is burning fossil fuels
• A second important cause of global warming is farming
• A third significant reason for global warming is deforestation.

Transition sentence

• This leads to the following effects.
• The causes above give rise to three significant effects
• The causes above give rise to three significant effects, namely: extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and species loss

Effects

• One result of global warming is extreme weather events.
• Another important consequence is rising sea levels
• A final significant effect is species loss

• Cause 1
• Cause 2
• Cause 3
• Or
• Effect1
• Effect2
• effect3

The chain structure

• Introduction
• Cause 1-effect 1
• Cause2-Effect 2
• Cause3-Effect 3
• Cause 4-Effect 4
• Cause5-Effect 5
• Conclusion

Introduction

• Introduction
• Burning fossil fuels- rising temperatures
• Rising temperature-melting glaciers
• Melting glaciers-rising sea levels
• Rising sea levels – loss of habitat
• Loss of habitat- species loss
• Conclusion