Cause and Effect Essay

DJCAE Cause and Effect

! 1. Write a 1000 word essay.

2. An outline must be submitted first either in class.

3. Final copy must be submitted to Livetext.

4. Essay should include introduction with a thesis statement and the title of the film in

italics and the director.

5. Body includes an ethical focus in each paragraph.

6. Conclusion includes all aspects discussed with reflection on the ethical decision made.

7. Only research is from the film. This is your primary source. The source must be cited

correctly using the MLA format as a Works Cited at the end of the paper.

8. Mode is Cause and Effect. What is the cause and effect of the ethical decision made by

the main character? Include main points as well as minor contributing points.

9. No first person “I” point of view.

10. Either choose a fourth film from the list or choose one of the films you already wrote on

but the focus now is cause and effect.

11. What is the ethical decision made by the lead character(s)? What is the cause and

effect of the ethical decision made by the main character? What is the impact? How does

it affect society?

12. You must be specific and complex in your reasoning relating to the cause and effect.

! Film Works Cited Example:

The Ides of March, Dir. George Clooney. Sony, 2011. DVD.

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