Unit VII Formal Writing Assignment

Unit VII Formal Writing Assignment

Using cause-and-effect example essays that you read as examples, write a 500-word cause-and-effect essay. You may

choose to write about a subject of your choice. You may consider the following topics:

 A change in the way you deal with other people

 A major moment that changed the course of your life forever

 A change in the way you understood your country or your citizenship (a war, a policy, a political scandal, a political figure)

Your essay will be graded on its ability to adhere to the cause-and-effect essay conventions. Does your essay follow one of the formats on pages 149-151 of Strategies for Writing Successful Research Papers?