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    Still Writing Good Paragraphs

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    C&E WritingA cause and efect piece o writing seeks toexamine the reasons or and/or results o ane ent! such as a war or a "re or a politicalre olutionSometimes it#s one$ causes orSometimes it#s the other$ efects o

    And sometimes it#s %oth$ causes or andefects o

    t depends on length and needs o theparticular assignment

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    C&Et "rst puts orth a thesis statement proposing

    'ust one cause or a list o causes$ or 'ust oneefect or a list o efects or said e ent (hen spends the remainder o the paperpro ing that the e ent was a direct result othe listed causes and/or that the e ent

    directl) resulted in the listed efects (hink a%out %ooks written that discuss thecauses or and/or results o the American Ci ilWar

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    C&ECause and efect writing is organi*ed %) most to leastimportant point or ice ersa+or example! i )ou were writing o er causes or theCi il War! )ou might lead with sla er) as the mostimportant cause! then co er economic diferences%etween the ,orth and South! then co er culturaldiferences %etween the two

    -n the other hand! )ou might lead with culture!ollowed %) economics! ending strongl) with sla er)t all depends upon which method o organi*ation )ou

    are more com orta%le with as a writer$ ending or%eginning strongl)

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    C&E (he simplest de"nition o a cause and efectpiece o writing is that it#s a narrati e

    .ou#re telling a stor) .ou#re 'ust not telling the whole stor) .ou#re telling the stor) o the causes which ledup to the core e ent

    And/or the stor) o the efects which rippled outthrough time as a result o the core e entAs opposed to the entire stor) o the e entitsel

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    C&EAnd as said! cause and efect writing isorgani*ed %) most to least important point or

    ice ersa,ot chronological order$ not time order$%ecause i )ou tr) to do that! then )ou#ll slipinto narration! telling the whole stor)

    Which )ou - ,-( want to do (hat will %e too %roadWe want something more speci"c

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    C&ESo or this assignment! want )ou to write a 0page or more long cause and efect paragraph1ere#s )our topic2 choose one o )our a orite!what )ou %elie e to %e one o the most interestingor in3uential e ents in world histor)$ and discussthe three causes which led up to said e ent -4the three efects that said e ent had a terwards

    So or starters! )ou need a singular e ent in time5so not the de elopment o the "rst computerwhich took place o er an extended and ratherinde"nite period o time6

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    C&EAnd don#t pick an)thing too %ig andun ocused 5 or example all o World War asopposed to 'ust the attack on Pearl 1ar%or6,ext! decide whether or not )ou want to ocuson causes -4 efects .-7 8A. ,-( - 9-(1

    .ou need : causes-r : efects

    .ou#re welcome to go o er :

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    C&EA ter that! unless )ou#re a histor) %uf or a histor)ma'or! more than likel) )ou#re going to need agood source

    .ou ma) onl) use one! so make it a good oneAnd let#s ocus this time around on choosingrelia%le and reputa%le sources5aka ,-( Wikipedia or an) source like that onwhich 'ust an)one can post as opposed toacademic and scholarl) sources6

    )ou#re at all unsure whether or not )ou ha e agood source! run it %) me "rst

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    C&ESo start the paragraph with a topic sentence+or example$ -ne o the single most interestinge ents in world histor) is the (ro'an War 5we#regoing with a semi$"ctional e ent or our exampleso don#t tread on an)one#s idea or their paper6And then mo e into a orecast listing the :causes or or : efects o

    +or example$ (he causes which led up to thissocietal$altering e ent include the afair %etween;eda and

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    C&E (hen mo e into )our %od) section! where )ou gointo some detail on each o )our three causes$ in thesame order the) were listed in the orecast$ using

    transitions as )ou mo e through the three$ orexample>

    (he "rst cause o the (ro'an War was seemingl)innocuous? (he @ueen o Sparta! ;eda! had an afair

    with

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    C&E (he goddess o discord! Eris! wasn#t in ited to awedding! and got mad a%out the slight! so shecon'ured a magical golden apple that read! tothe airestB on the side! and tossed it into thewedding east? t landed in %etween 1era!Athena! and Aphrodite! who all lunged or it!and started %ickering o er it? (he third causewas a direct result o the second? All threegoddesses wanted the apple! the) asked

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    C&E1e chose Aphrodite! mainl) %ecause shepromised him the most %eauti ul woman inthe world i he picked her! %ut the most%eauti ul woman in the world was alread)married? 1owe er! a promise is a promise! andso 1elen o Greece ell in lo e with Paris o

    (ro)! and the) ran of together? (he whole oGreece went a ter her! la)ing siege to (ro)?

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    C&E .ou need at the er) least three or moresentences on each cause-r i )ou decide to do efects! then it will run thesame wa)$ pick three$ start with a topic sentence$list the three in a orecast a ter that$ and goSupposedl)! the (ro'an War lasted or some ten)ears! and so o course! man)! man) men losttheir li es in the ongoing %attle? Some 0 ! ? naddition! the ine ita%le all and completeannihilation o (ro) ia the in amous (ro'an 1orse?An incredi%l) smart plan o -d)sseus#?

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    C&EAnother huge efect was the %eginning o the end oGreek ci ili*ation? t isn#t like Greek ci ili*ationceased to exist o ernight! )et this marks the

    %eginning o the end? As Aeneas! one o the onl) (ro'ans to escape! 3ed to tal) and ounded the thirdefect o the war! 4oman ci ili*ation? E entuall)! the4omans wiped out Greek ci ili*ation! co$opting man)o their traditions! strategies! and gods? (he er)gods who started the whole mess in the "rst place?,ow mine aren#t all in complete sentences in order tosa e room$ howe er! notice that again we#reshooting or at least : sentences on each

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    C&E )ou use a source! make sure )ou do so in )our ownwords,o Fuotes allowed9ut )ou will still need to cite itSo where er in the paragraph )ou stop using thesource or good! citeAuthor last name and page

    -r title and pageepending on what#s a aila%len parentheses$ at the end o a sentence$ period goes

    a ter

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    C&E (his also means )ou#ll need to list the sourceat the end

    So a ter the paragraph center Works Cited onthe pageAnd list the source in 8;A ormat

    epending on what kind o source it is

    +ollowing the directions rom the 8;A guide inour grammar %ook

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    C&E,ow! )ou ha e to choose a topic "rst$ andpost it to the discussion %oard or appro al

    (hen write )our own rough dra tPost it to the discussion %oard (o get help rom )our ellow classmatesAnd to gi e help to at least one o )ourclassmatesAnd while )ou do that! #ll %e re ising andediting )ou

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    C&E (urning )our "nal dra t into the contentsection$ or H points

    +or more help! read Ch? 00 and the sampleessa)s$ We Can#t Wish Awa) Climate Changeand 9lack 8en and Pu%lic SpaceGood luck


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