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183588621_Cause_and_effect_Paper_Assembly_Step_by_Step1_2.docxPlanning Your Cause or Effect Paper
You might feel confident in your ability to assemble an essay at this point in the semester; however, there are a few additional steps I’ve added to the process, and I want to make sure you are aware of all of them, so here you go!
STEP 1: Choose Your Topic
Identify Your Topic Here:
STEP 2: Decide Whether You Will Write about Causes or Effects
You might know right away if you want to write about the causes or effects; however, if this isn’t immediately clear, then you need to make a list of both and then choose one. Remember that you must choose causes or effects—you cannot write about both.
Identify Causes or Effects Here:
STEP 3: Choose Your Audience
This will help you choose your tone and structure to best appeal to your specific reader. Identifying your reader will also help you determine what point you want to make in your essay. Why are you writing? What do you want to accomplish? How much does your audience already know about this topic? Do you have to define any terms or provide background information?
Identify Your Audience Here:
Step 4: So What?
Identify the Point You Will Make by Writing Your Thesis Statement Here:
STEP 5: Establish Your Three Primary Supporting Ideas
Let’s say you are going to write about being addicted to your cell phone. Maybe you already know you want to write about the effects (not the causes). Then, for this step, you would brainstorm all these effects. Then, you would narrow the list down to the three you think you will have the most to write about. At the end of this step, you should have your three supports clearly established. For the example we’re working with, your three primary reasons for coming to LLCC might be: fatigue, depression and poor grades.
Identify Your Three Primary Points Here:
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STEP 6: Write Your Middle Paragraphs
Draft your three primary support paragraphs by writing out your secondary support. Begin with your topic sentence and then start writing about the causes or effects that you have established. You can decide on your structural order later. Just get the ideas down on paper first.
STEP 7: Establish an Organizational Structure for Your Body Paragraphs
Once you have written out your body paragraphs, you can now decide on your structure: chronological, spatial or emphatic order. You will use emphatic order which puts the best (strongest/most compelling) idea last, the weakest in the middle and the second strongest first; however, you may also combine this order with either chronological or spatial if you choose.
STEP 8: Revise for Unity and Coherence[footnoteRef:1] [1: Please see Chapter 6]
STEP 9: Write Your Introduction, Conclusion and Title[footnoteRef:2] [2: Please see Chapter 4]
Once the content and tone of your paper has been established in your body paragraphs, you can craft an introduction and conclusion that best highlights that tone, purpose and audience for your paper.
STEP 10: Edit
