ENG 111 Essay 2
Cause and Effect Essay

Assignment Description: This essay is a 5-paragraph, 3 page essay. The first paragraph is the introductory paragraph, the next three support the thesis and the 5th paragraph wraps up the essay. Review the information in Blackboard on Cause and Effect. Make sure that you are including details, using transitional words and phrases between sentences and paragraphs, and editing for grammar and punctuation.

Here are the topics (chose one):

Option #1:
The cause and effect of the popularity (or lack of popularity) of a particular sport or public figure in the Unites States,
Option #2
Cause/Effect of environmental issues—for example, failure to reduce pollution, the garbage crisis, difficulty of starting and maintaining recycling programs, concern about food safety
Option #3
Cause/Effect related to the arts—for example, popularity of rap or jazz, decline of musical theater, impulse to censor the arts
Option #4
The Cause/Effect of the continuing influence or popularity of a book, movie, actor, novelist, social activist, athlete, politician, religious leader, television program
Option #5
Cause/effect of changes in economic conditions—for example, the increasing cost of medical care, decline in standard of living, increasing gap between wealthiest and poorest Americans
Option #6
The cause/effect of a miscommunication or misunderstanding between two people or two groups.

Option #7
Cause/effect of cheating on college exams.

Option #7
Cause/effect of rising college costs

Some important information about choosing a topic and the process of developing your essay:

1. If several causes are mentioned early in the paper but you choose to cover them in depth later, be sure to keep them in the same order so you avoid confusing the reader.

2. Make sure distinguish between remote and immediate causes and effects. In a cause and effect essay of 600-700 words, it is probably best to deal with immediate causes due to the length of the paper.

3. Be sure that you causes and effects are logically connected. For example, just because one event occurs just before another does not necessarily mean the first event caused the second.

4. Avoid confusing cause for effect. Dissect your topic enough that you can be sure of the causes and effects. For example, you must decide if reality television is the cause or effect of the downfall of network television, and you must make your reasoning clear to your reader.