Transcript 4. Cause and effect analysis paragraphs Objective: Materials

4. Cause and effect analysis
paragraphs
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Objective:
 Enable
students to write an outline and a
Cause and effect Analysis paragraphs
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Materials
 The
nature of Cause and effect
 Writing the cause and effect analysis
paragraphs
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The Nature of Cause and effect
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Methods :
1. Importance methods
First cause or effect = least importance
Last cause or effect = most importance
2. Development method
first cause or effect = least developed
last cause or effect = most developed
3. Logical method = first in natural sequence
Last cause or effect = last in natural
sequence
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OUTLINE OF CAUSE ANALYSIS PARAGRAPH
TITLE :
Topic Sentence: generaL idea (situation) specific
ideas (the causes)
Part I. Cause 1
Part 2. Cause 2
Part 3. Cause 3
Summary sentence: ways to stop the causes or to
continue them
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OUTLINE OF CAUSE ANALYSIS PARAGRAPH
TITLE :
Topic Sentence:
the decrease in energy consumption during the summer was caused
by an intensive advertising campaign, the cool summer and high
electricity prices
Part I. Intensive advertising campaign (Cause 1)
Part 2. the cool summer (Cause 2)
Part 3. high electricity prices (Cause 3)
Summary sentence: ways to stop the causes or to
continue them
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OUTLINE OF EFFECT Analysis PARAGRAPH
TITLE :
Topic Sentence: generaL idea (CAUSE) specific
ideas (the RESULTS)
Part I. result 1
Part 2. result 2
Part 3. result 3
Summary sentence: ways to stop the results or to
continue them
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OUTLINE OF CAUSE ANALYSIS PARAGRAPH
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Topic Sentence:
Bad behaviour, poor health and wasted time are problems
that result form children watching too much TV.
Part 1. Bad behaviour(result 1)
Part 2. poor health( result 2)
Part 3. wasted time (result 3)
Summary sentence:
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Conclusion
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A Cause and effect paragraph has three kinds
of organizational methods of writing
 Importance method,
 Development method
 logicalmethod
Subject development of cause analysis
paragraph
 Situation : general idea
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: specific ideas
Subject development of result analysis
paragraph
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Causes
Causes : general ideas
Results : specific ideas
Summary sentence
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