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Cause and Effect Essay Prompt<\/h2>\r\nChoose one of the following questions, and answer it in an essay developed by analyzing causes or<\/em> effects.\u00a0\u00a0 The question you decide on should concern a topic you care about so that the examples are a means of communicating an idea;<\/span><\/strong> not an end in themselves.\r\n\r\nPEOPLE AND THEIR BEHAVIOR<\/strong>\r\n
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  1. Why did one couple you know marry or divorce?<\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Why is a particular friend or relative always getting into trouble?<\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Why do people root for the underdog?<\/li>\r\n\t
  4. How does a person\u2019s alcohol or drug dependency affect others in his or her family?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nART AND ENTERTAINMENT<\/strong>\r\n
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    1. Why do teenagers like rock music?<\/li>\r\n\t
    2. Why is a particular television show so popular?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nCONTEMPORARY ISSUES<\/strong>\r\n
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      1. Why is a college education important?<\/li>\r\n\t
      2. Why do marriages between teenagers fail more often than marriages between people in other age groups?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nEDUCATION<\/strong>\r\n
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        1. The best courses are the difficult ones.<\/li>\r\n\t
        2. Students at schools with enforced dress codes behave better than students at schools without such codes.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nPOLITICS AND SOCIAL ISSUES<\/strong>\r\n
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          1. Drug and alcohol addiction does not happen just to \u201cbad\u201d people.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nMEDIA AND CULTURE<\/strong>\r\n
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            1. The Internet divides people instead of connecting them.<\/li>\r\n\t
            2. Good art can be ugly.<\/li>\r\n\t
            3. A craze or fad reveals something about the culture it arises in.<\/li>\r\n\t
            4. The best rock musicians treat social and political issues in their songs.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nRULES FOR LIVING<\/strong>\r\n
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              1. Lying may be justified by the circumstances.<\/li>\r\n\t
              2. Friends are people you can\u2019t always trust.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n \r\n

                Writing Your Cause and Effect Essay<\/h3>\r\nTo get started writing your essay:\r\n
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                1. Review \"What Is An Essay?\"<\/li>\r\n\t
                2. Take time to review possible subjects.<\/li>\r\n\t
                3. Use prewriting to help you narrow your topic to an appropriate level of focus.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nRemember that \"story starters\" are everywhere.\u00a0Think about it\u2014status updates on social media websites can be a good place to start.\u00a0You may have already started a \"note\"on Facebook, and now is your chance to develop that idea into a full narrative.\u00a0If you keep a journal or diary, a simple event may unfold into a narrative.\u00a0Simply said, your stories may be closer than you think!\r\n\r\nWhen drafting your essay:\r\n
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                  1. Develop an enticing title.<\/li>\r\n\t
                  2. Use the introduction to pull the reader into your thesis with a singular experience.<\/li>\r\n\t
                  3. Avoid addressing the assignment directly. (Don't write \"I am going to write about the causes and effects of ____...\" - this takes the fun out of reading the work!)<\/li>\r\n\t
                  4. Think of things said at the moment your perspective on the topic became clear. Perhaps use a quote, or an interesting part of the experience that will grab the reader.<\/li>\r\n\t
                  5. Let the story reflect your own voice. Is your voice serious?\u00a0Humorous?\u00a0Matter-of-fact?<\/li>\r\n\t
                  6. Organize the essay in a way that may capture the reader, but don't string the reader along too much with \"next, next, next.\"<\/li>\r\n\t
                  7. To avoid just telling what happens, make sure you take time to show significant details and reflect on why topic - and your experience with it - is significant.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n
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                    Prewriting and Draft<\/h2>\r\nFor this assignment, you will work through the prewriting and drafting stages of your writing process in a cause and effect essay.\r\n\r\nDirections:<\/strong><\/em>\r\n\r\n1. Review the\u00a0grading rubric as listed on this page.\r\n\r\n2. Choose the writing prompt on the \"Cause And Effect Essay: Writing Prompt\"\u00a0page.\r\n\r\n3. Create a prewriting in the style of your choice for the prompt. Review the prewriting videos on the \"My Writing Process: Prewriting and Draft\"\u00a0page if needed.\r\n\r\n4. Develop a draft according to the following:\r\n