Cause and Effect Analysis

Cause and Effect Analysis

1200-1500 words (4+ pages)

As a college student, you may often be called upon to analyze the causes or effects of an event or phenomenon. Being able to organize the multiple causes and consequences into a logical, understandable argument is an important skill to develop.

For our fourth assignment, you will be writing a cause and effect analysis about college completion. After reading through the required essays for this unit, you should have a better understanding of some of the issues of college completion. You may write about the causes OR the effects of college completion, but you may not write about both.

Examples:

· The reasons why students may not complete college

· The factors that help students complete their degrees

· The effects of taking courses but not completing

· The effects of taking courses and completing

· The effects of high student loan debt

You may use one of the above examples, or you may come up with your own.

Your argument must be analytical rather than factual. That is, you want to select a topic for which there is still some uncertainty and some difference of opinion. You should make an argument.

You must find and use TWO LIBRARY-BASED SOURCES for this assignment.

· Sources may come from any of the PGCC library resources

· Essays that use general internet sources (Wikipedia, Yahoo Voices, etc) will not receive passing grades

· You must cite all sources appropriately in MLA Format.

Your essay should have an intro, well-organized body, and conclusion.

Your paragraphs should follow TED paragraph formatting, and contain a focused topic sentence and a single idea.

The essay must be 1200+ words in length, not counting title or header information.

You must submit the essay by the assigned due date. Late work will not receive credit.