Cause-Effect Essays

do-ho suh
(contemporary korean artist)

‘Cause and effect’, 2007 installation at the gallery Lehmann Maupin, New York.


What is a cause/effect essay?

A cause and effect essay deals with explaining, examining or exposing two events or actions (which could be thought of as topics) and how each has an effect on the other and/or the results of these events or actions. Topics always have a number of possible causes and effects.

Example: Marriage and happiness – When marriage is the cause, most people assume that the effect is happiness. However, what if the marriage was arranged, or was the result of a pregnancy, or done out of pure convenience? Would the cause and effect follow a logical sequence? Or could the cause be happiness and marriage the effect?
Some other examples: drug addiction and crime, weight and television, ethnicity and professional success.

Would you contribute giving some more examples?


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