Outline: Cause to Effect Essay Name: ___________________

I. Introduction

A. Lead in (“grabber”)

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B. Explanation of issue or problem ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

C. Thesis (specific three part thesis; 3 causes of an issue or problem such as

“There are there three main causes of……. .: ______, _______, and _______.”)

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II. Body Paragraph 1

A. Topic Sentence (first cause of the issue or problem)

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1. Support/example 1 (what is the effect?) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

2. Support/example 2 (what is the effect?) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

3. Support/example 3 (What is the effect?) Support # 3 is optional---it all depends on length of paragraph. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

B. Closing sentence _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

III. Body Paragraph 2

C. Topic Sentence (first cause of the issue or problem)

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4. Support/example 1 (what is the effect?) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

5. Support/example 2 (what is the effect?) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

6. Support/example 3 (What is the effect?) Support # 3 is optional---it all depends on length of paragraph. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

D. Closing sentence _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

IV. Body Paragraph 3

E. Topic Sentence (first cause of the issue or problem)

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7. Support/example 1 (what is the effect?) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

8. Support/example 2 (what is the effect?) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

9. Support/example 3 (What is the effect?) Support # 3 is optional---it all depends on length of paragraph. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

F. Closing sentence _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.