Exam 27: Creating and Explaining Groups Classification

Thinking about cause and effect helps us solve problems.

A cause that might reasonably bring about the event is called a(n) ___________ cause.

One important aspect of ___________ is the ability to analyze a bad situation and determine what caused it; another important aspect is the ability to evaluate a future decision and imagine its potential consequences, both good and bad.

To effectively develop a cause/effect paragraph, you must use specific, detailed examples and clear explanations.

When you are writing a cause/effect paper, it is an effective strategy to arrange your points in order of importance from least important to most important. If the topic is better suited to time order, you can arrange the points chronologically.

A cause that would certainly bring about the event is called a(n) ___________ cause.

When you are writing a cause/effect paper, your major points should focus either on several causes or on several effects.

One cause should lead to another to develop smooth transitions.

A hidden cause is one that creates or adds to another cause.

The immediate cause is the cause ___________.

A topic sentence for a cause/effect paragraph should name and focus the topic, either naming causes or predicting effects. However, because you are dealing with reasons and results, subtopic sentences are not required in a cause/effect paragraph.

___________ are the reasons for an event; ___________ are the results of an event.

Events are often complex, rarely having only one cause or effect.

Cause and effect essays can be organized by time and order of importance.

Brainstorming will help you determine which ideas you develop will be more interesting and detailed.

When facing a problem, if you fail to think things through and instead grab the first explanation or solution that comes along, your action is called ___________.

Each major cause or effect should be introduced with a subtopic sentence.

When we list the reasons for an event or try to predict the results of an event, we are dealing with cause-and-effect reasoning.

Examples can be based on personal experience.

Sometimes a minor cause can be mistaken for a significant cause.