9 analyzing causes and effects: health and medicine
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9Analyzing Causes and Effects:
Health and Medicine
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Learning Outcomes
• Identify real world applications for explaining causes and effects
• Understand the steps for writing cause and effect analysis
• Interpret images and readings about health and medicine.
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33Steps for Writing Cause and Effect Essays (LO 9.2)
• Begin by identifying
the cause or effectyou want to analyze.
• Explain the cause-and-effect relationship convincingly.
• Organize the causes and/or effects effectively.
• Use sound logic.
• Conclude effectively.
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44The Rhetorical Star (LO 9.4)
Subject• Select a topic that is narrow
enough to cover within the assignment guidelines.
• For a shorter paper, you may need to focus on causes OR effects, instead of both.
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55The Rhetorical Star (contd.)
Purpose• Determine what you want to
accomplish.• Decide if you are informing,
persuading, or expressing feelings.
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66The Rhetorical Star (contd.)
Audience• Determine who your audience will be.• Select the details that will be most
important to the audience.
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77The Rhetorical Star (contd.)
Strategy• Focus on the main approach of cause
and/or effect.• Combine other strategies if necessary
to make your point.
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88The Rhetorical Star (contd.)
Design• Know how you want the essay to
look when you are finished.• Decide if graphics, photographs, or
illustrations are needed to clarify ideas.
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99Applying the Writing Process (LO 9.5)
Discovering• Use the media suggestions in the chapter
to help find a subject.• Consider a subject with which you have
personal experience.• Create a chart of causes and effects to
determine what you want to cover.
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1010Applying the Writing Process (contd.)
Planning• Create a cluster or outline to help you
organize your ideas.• Follow one of the organizational
strategies for your essay:o The effects of a major causeo The causes for a major effecto A chain of events that illustrate the
cause or effect
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1111Applying the Writing Process (contd.)
Composing• Write a first draft of your essay.• Don’t focus on grammar and
punctuation.• Keep focused on the causes or
effects you are trying to explain.
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1212Applying the Writing Process (contd.)
Getting Feedback• Have a peer read your draft • Use the peer review questions to
gatherfeedback from your reviewer.
• Get a second opinion, if possible.
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1313Applying the Writing Process (contd.)
Revising• Revise your essay based upon the
feedback you receive.• Make sure your essay is logical
and has fully supported ideas.
• Add, delete, and rearrange ideas as necessary.
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1414Applying the Writing Process (contd.)
Editing• Read your essay one more time.• Look for errors in grammar,
punctuation, and mechanics.• Consider reading your essay aloud
to listen for word choice and sentence structure.
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1515Applying the Writing Process (contd.)
Proofreading• Read your essay at least one more
time.• Check for typographical errors or
other issues that could interfere with the reader’s understanding of the essay.