Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Task 1
Study the different ways of organising a
cause and effect essay (page 17 of the
book).
What differences do you see?
Task 1
Which way of organising is shown in the following
text?
because of the nail, the horseshoe was lost;
because of the horseshoe, the horse was lost;
because of the horse, the rider was lost;
because of the rider, the battle was lost.
Task 2
Consider the following essay question:
How would you explain the marked
increase in earnings inequality in Britain in
the last 15 years?
Which of the four forms of organisation in
Task 1 would you use?
Task 3
Skim read the sample essay on pages 19
and 20 of Course Materials.
Which form of organisation did the writer
use?
Emphasis on causes
Task 4
Work in groups of four.
Each person should read one of the body
paragraphs and prepare a short oral
summary for the rest of the group.
Give your summary to the group without
looking at the text.
Be prepared to ask and answer questions.
Task 5 (i)
Read the essay again and
underline/circle/highlight any words or
phrases that might be useful for any
cause-effect essay.
Task 5 (ii)
the four principal causes of
the main cause of
have had the effect of
the impact of
the overall effect of
as a result
has contributed to
a further reason for
have heightened
Task 5 (iii)
to have a disproportionately high effect on
the three reasons
to have had significant but indirect effects
factor
a direct cause of
this has resulted in
these four factors, three indirect, the last
direct, have had the combined effect of
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