Cause and Effect Essay

 

What Are Cause and Effect?

Cause and effect analyze why something happens. The analysis explains why something happened or is happening- and predicts what probably will happen. Sometimes many different causes can be responsible for one effect. Likewise, a single cause can produce many different effects. The relationships between are cause and effect often subtle and complex. The most complex situations involve numerous causes and many different effects. 

There are main and contributory causes. The main cause is the most important cause and the contributory cause is less important causes. It is important to understand the main and contributory causes. Similarly, understanding immediate and remote causes. An immediate cause closely precedes an effect and is therefore relatively easy to recognize. A remote cause is less obvious, perhaps because it involves something in the past or far away. 

It's important to understand casual chains of causes. Sometimes a effect can also be a cause. The casual chain, where A causes B, B causes C, C causes D, and so on

A(Cause )--------------B( Effect)

                                   ( Cause)------------------C (Effect)

                                                                           (Cause)

It helps to understand and maintain logical order. While developing a cause and effect paper, we should not assume that just because event A precedes event B, event A has caused B. This illogical assumption, called post hoc reasoning, equates a chronological sequence with the casualty. For example when you failed an exam because a black cat crossed your path the day before- you are mistaking coincidence for the casualty.  

Thesis Statement in Cause and Effect essay can be explicitly or implicitly. The thesis statement includes the cause or effect explicitly or implicitly as per your understanding as an important point.

The thesis statement for should tell your readers three things,

- the issues you plan to consider, 

- the position you will take,

- whether your emphasis is on causes, effects, or both.

While arranging cause and effect, begin with the most obvious causes or effects and move on to more subtle factors- and then make analysis and conclusion.

An essay should have a clear understanding over cause and effect. For that matter, it should have clear transitions like the first cause, the second cause; one result, another result.

-the most important cause, another cause

- the most obvious cause, a less apparent cause

-then, next

-because, as a result, for this reason

- consequently, since, so, therefore