Cause and Effect Essays
A Brief Guide to Writing
Cause and Effect Essays
The
cause and
effect essay includes some elements of writing that might be considered
more professional than those a
descriptive or
narrative
essay might
include. It is very important, for instance, that your tone be reasonable,
and that your presentation be factual and believable.
Sources are
often required in a cause/effect paper, and your
choice of these sources is important as they reflect on the validity of
your paper. Additionally, the first-person point of view does not work as
well in professional essays. Consider the following sentences:
I believe that gun control measures should be taken in every hamlet in
America.
Gun control measures should be taken in every hamlet in America.
In the first sentence, the first person is used. This would work in a
narrative, but here it actually limits the meaning of the sentence to just
the writer, and it makes the writer sound weak--as if he is justifying him
or herself.
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