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Monday, October 6, 2014

Topics for the Cause/Effect Essay

Choose one of the topics below and develop into an effective cause and effect essay, using the sample student essay in your textbook as a model. Keep in mind that since your paper is being written for an English composition class, the introduction needs to have a clever opening, appropriate background or information, then the thesis statement. the body of your essay, like the student model should provide an analysis and explanation of each cause and at least one paragraph that discusses the effects. The organization of this paper should be straightforward. Try to aim for at least 2.5 pages.

DO NOT USE 2nd PERSON [you/your] IN THIS ESSAY.

Choose one of the topics below from page 369 in the book:

#4 -- PLEASE, PLEASE, please, please, PLEASE . . . realize that each of the subjects mentioned in the given topic could be an essay; do not try to do an essay over all of them or an essay over two of them--one subject only

#6 --  this essay IS a little different--this topic asks you to compose an essay based on a CAUSAL CHAIN--one thing leads to another and another, with eventual results

#7 -- this topic focuses primarily on divorce, but from a different angle--remember to use examples that you are familiar with, not examples from research

#8 -- another topic with multiple possibilities from which may want to choose ONE

If none of those appeal to you, try one of these:

Why students cheat and what are the effects [of cheating]

Why do more and more students choose to take online courses and what are the effects

Why do people keep pets and what are the effects

Why are students pressured to get good grades and what are the effects

Why do students cram for exams [mid-terms or finals] and what are the effects


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