How should your causes or effects be organized – by time, by order of importance, or by type? Are you focusing on what caused something to happen or the results it produced?

Cause and effect explains reasons why something happens or examines its results.

Describe your topic.

Are you focusing on what caused something to happen or the results it produced?

What are the most important things you want to share with readers?Event

Describe the main event you are writing about.

Causes and Effects

List the main causes or effects of the event you selected.

Causes Effects

Examine your list. Which details are the most important? Should any trivial or minor causes or effects be revised or deleted? Should any important ones be added?

How should your causes or effects be organized – by time, by order of importance, or by type?