Week 6 - Cause & Effect

Example 1
It's getting hot in here! At least, that's what global warming advocates would have us believe. As for me, I completely agree, and I'm pretty sure we can mostly blame this phenomenon on increased wealth throughout the world, and on the world itself.
Cause & Effect - Review


In this last paragraph, the author is clear to show the transition that resulted from an important event in his personal life. We can see before, during, and after. In academic writing, we can use the same type of format to discuss an important event or circumstance, then to discuss how it came to be, or what will happen as a result.
Format 2
Likewise, we can also use the format we saw in the review paragraph we saw earlier. In that case, the body is divided into three parts: In the first part, we discuss what things were like before the catalyst (before), then we state the catalyst (cause), and we follow up by discussing the outcome of the situation (effect). The following essay is a good example:
Notice!

The two paragraphs of the body can be seen in this way:
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1. Man made causes (cause & effect) 2. Natural causes (cause & effect)

This progression clearly shows us how somethe outcome of our topic. We understand what will happen, and also why it will happen.
Cause & Effect
Cause & Effect – Review from last term (1 paragraph)
One night my house burned down. Although I lost many things in the fire, the experience helped me to grow up. I went from being a boy to being a man after my trial by fire. Before the fire, I was selfish. I always complained to my mother about how small my room was or how few clothes I had. I never thought about her troubles, just my own. Then, the fire came and destroyed everything we owned. It all happened so fast I didn’t have time to think about it. We were suddenly poor and had to borrow everything, even food. At first, I had a hard time, but slowly I began to realize that I didn’t really need all my old things. I just needed my family. After all, you can get new clothes anytime, but a family can never be replaced. It is true that the fire took many good things from me, but it gave me something too. It taught me to appreciate people more than things.
Cause & Effect – Roots and Results

Cause & Effect
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The purpose of cause and effect essays can be one of two things.

First, we can analyse the root of an issue (cause) to try and see what will happen (effect) Or, we can look at a result (effect) to try and find what the reasons for it are (cause)
In the past, people led simple lives. They used little or no electricity, because they didn’t own any technology that required it. They rode horses or took bikes to travel. Buses and cars were unheard of. People also reused everything they could. New items were expensive, and often hard to come by. There was no Ren Ren Le or Wal-Mart where one could buy anything cheaply.
Example 2
It's getting hot in here! At least, that's what global warming advocates would have us believe. As for me, I completely agree, and I'm pretty sure we can mostly blame this phenomenon on increased wealth throughout the world, and on the world itself.
Of course, people aren't entirely to blame. Many scientists believe that a large part of global warming is due to cyclical global patterns. That means that even if people entirely stopped consuming and polluting, the earth would keep getting hotter. This is expected to continue for the next several hundred, if not thousand, years, so we'd might as well get used to it and prepare ourselves for even worse. All is not lost. We should do our part to pollute less and thus slow global warming as much as we can. In the end though, given it's inevitability, the best thing we can do is relax and prepare. It's getting hot in here, but we'd better stay cool.
As the world's people get richer, the earth keeps getting warmer. Essentially, it's because increased wealth means increased consumption. Increased consumption means increased production, and both of those factors mean increased pollution. Today, people often buy things, use them once, then throw them away. Moreover, everyone wants big, polluting items such as cars. These desires caused by wealth lead to global warming.