CAUSE/EFFECT ESSAY
Length 750 words
Causes The reasons why something happened
Effects The consequences, either positive or negative, of a particular occurrence
Write your paper in the present tense. The essay must be typed (double spaced with a
size 12 font in Times New Roman) and printed on only one side of the paper. It must be
in proper MLA format; papers not in the proper format will not be accepted.
Your paper should have cause paragraphs in the first half of your paper and then effect
paragraphs in the second half of your paper. Make sure that the relationships you see
between causes and effects are genuine. The fact that a particular event preceded another
does not necessarily mean that the first caused the second.
The introduction should include background information, a thesis statement, and a plan
of development. The supporting paragraphs should have topic sentences and then
sentences that support the topic sentence. The conclusion should include the thesis
statement, the plan of development, and closing remarks.
You must use exactly 2 outside sources (year 2010 or more recent) for this paper.
Choose from the following:
a. online magazine article with an author from Time, Newsweek, etc. (Prentice Hall
Reference Guide 439 #41)
b. online newspaper article with an author from Knoxville-News Sentinel, Oak Ridger,
USA Today, etc. (Prentice Hall Reference Guide 438 #33)
c. online magazine article with an author from a database (Prentice Hall Reference Guide
439 #40)
d. online newspaper article with an author from a database (Prentice Hall Reference
Guide 438 #32)
e. online journal article with an author from a database (Prentice Hall Reference Guide
440 #44)
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