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College Writing Skills, Media Edition, 5/e
John Langan, Atlantic Community College
Cause and Effect

Writing On- and Offline



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Activity 1: The Why Files (Cause and Effect)

Directions: Visit The Why Files and find an article to read. Then write a short essay that summarizes the causes and effects examined in your article. (For example, an article about Turkey's devastating earthquake might attempt to explain what caused so many buildings to collapse in Turkey or what makes earthquakes so hard to predict.)


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Activity 2: Movie Plots (Cause and Effect)

Directions: Pick a movie that you know very well. Freewrite about as many causes and effects as you can, from beginning to end. What sets the plot in motion? What spins the plot around? How do you get to the end? Turn your freewriting into an essay that examines cause and effect in the film you picked.










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