How to Write a Cause-Effect Essay

Post-Reading questions:

What is the topic of the essay?

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What is the writer’s thesis?

 

What is the effect that the writer describes in the essay?

 

What are some of the causes that the writer describes?

Write one or two details that strongly supports the thesis statement?

How is the essay organized?

 

Focus-on-causes method

Focus-on-effect method 

 

Can you think of any information that the author should have included to make the message of the essay stronger?

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