Cause and Effect essays

Using the topic of global warming, this video explains how to structure a cause and effect essay, with examples of cause and effect connectors (i.e. transition signals) and example sentences to explain the grammar of the connectors.

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00:00 Intro
00:27 Overview
03:01 Structure
09:00 Connectors for cause and effect
11:37 Conclusion
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Cause and effect essays are common at university as well as in exams such as IELTS and TOEFL. To write them effectively you need to choose an appropriate structure, namely either the block structure (which lists all causes first, then all effects), or the chain structure (which gives each cause followed immediately by each effect, which may itself become the next cause).

There are many possible connectors which can be used to show cause and effect relationship, for example:
- As a result
- As a consequence
- Consequently
- Therefore
- Thus
- is the cause of
- is caused by
- leads to
- Because of
- Due to
- As a result of
- results in
- results from
- has an effect on
- is the effect of
- is affected by
- is a consequence of

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[genevievek]

Perfect video for my Writing class!! Thank you so much! Amazing content!

[excitedaboutlearning]

Thanks so much for your videos and articles. I went from not understanding anything I was reading to understanding almost everything, because you tell writers to focus on direction and guiding words such as however, similarly, at the beginning, finally, moreover, in the end, on the contrary, on the other hand etc.

I had understood that direction words are important, and I had understood their meanings too, but I hadn't focused on them systematically. Now, I can follow a highly logical structure of an argument because of focusing on direction words as well as reading out loud both symbols and abbreviations instead of relying on their imminent forms.

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[luciernaga]

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[bettyegoavil]

Thanks for sharing this video, clear explanation about Cause & Effect Essay.

[talya]

Thank you so much! It's so clear and helpful!

[englishtea]

Thank you! So clear and easy to follow!

[namrakhan]

Such an amaizing video sir. I couldn't understand my teacher but your video cleared all my confusion. Thank u

[sathsaranianuththara]

Its very valuable & we can simply understand 💐

[ladywozniak]

Wow u also did the punctuation with the transitions🤩

[enchantress]

Thank you for the video sir... can you do a problem and solution essay as well??

[mnoameer]

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[mtmusic]

What I should do in the thesis? Help me!

[ahmedinhoyousif]

Thank you so much! This is really helpful 🥰

[evanmason]

This Video has a lot of very useful content included. There one piece I felt was misleading. I know global warming isn't the point of the video, but when you mentioned some causes of global warming you said burning of fossil fuels. Burning fossil fuels does release green house gasses which is bad, but you depicted a nuclear reactor cooling tower. As I am about to write an effect essay on nuclear power I thought it would only be right to bring to your attention that nuclear power is the cleanest, most efficient, and sustainable source of power we have. When people who are uneducated see the icon of the cooling towers and hear you say fossil fuels it brings a negative connotation. As a worker in the energy industry I can say that nuclear power is better than its ever been before and it needs to be the future of energy. Sorry to get on my soapbox

[myvideochannel]

Is this same as problem and solution essay?

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[sekeomorokort]

Can you write this topic as paragraph please ?