cause-effect.ppt

Cause and EffectWhat is cause and effect?• In a cause-effect essay, you discuss the reasons or causes for something, and/ or its results.•When we ask why certain things happen, we are seeking causes; when we ask what will happen as a result of certain causes, we are trying to understand the effects.The answers to the following questions show the distinction between cause and effect:1.Why didn’t I do well in the exam?2. Why do I need a laptop for my study?3.What may happen when someone is depressed?4.What may happen when someone is under too much pressure?causecauseeffecteffectHow to write a good cause-effect essayØ Be thorough in your analysis and cover all the main causes/effectsØ Make sure that the cause-effect connection is logical. For example, when a student has a tight schedule and one day he catches a cold, this cold is not necessarily caused by this schedule.Ø Support the cause-effect analysis with solid evidence, avoiding one-sidedness in reasoning.Bill had never felt so unhappy in his life. Being a new student in a strange country was no fun at all. He missed old friends, he found the new work too hard and he could barely speak the language. The only thing that he liked at school was the big swimming pool and the swimming classes. He had been a champion swimmer in his own country and he could always forget his problems when he was in the water. And in the water no one laughed at him.Identify causes and effectsQuestion:• Does the paragraph focus on cause or effect?• Why was Billy unhappy? Check the causes.___ He was in a strange country.___ He could barely speak the language.___ He was a champion swimmer.___ He found the work too hard.___ He could forget his problem in the water.Barbara couldn’t believe her eyes. She had never won anything in her fifty-seven years. She looked again at the telegram. It really said that she was the first place winner of the magazine contest she had entered. This entitled her to many prizes, biggest of which were $100,000, a trip to Hawaii, and her own vacation home in the mountains. In only a few days the good things began to arrive but so did something else. Just as Barbara received the news, it seemed that relatives, newspapers, and also strangers learned about her good fortune. The first glamor of the awards and the newspaper publicity quickly wore off. The phone began to ring constantly. People Barbara had long forgotten suddenly remembered her. Sick relatives appeared on her doorstep. Barbara began to fear being robbed. At last she decided she would have to move where no one would know her. Today when anyone mentions entering contest, she merely smiles and says nothing. Question:• How did Barbara win so much money?• What were the effects of Barbara’s winning the contest? Check what you think are the effects.___ She ended up happy and contented.___ She was bothered by relatives and newspapers.___ She had to move from her old home.___ She didn’t want to enter any more contest.。