华中科技大学《大学英语》课件-第6讲.ppt

ParagraphDevelopmentbyCause-Effect华中科技大学《大学英语》

Objectives

Tolearnwhatacause-effectparagraphis.Tolearntowriteacause-effectparagraph.

Pre-writingWhydodrunkdriversposeathreattothesociety?

Warm-upQuestionsWhydidyouchooseHUST?WhyisHarryPottersopopular?WhyaresomanystudentsfondofDOTA?

ComponentsYouareoutofgas.Yourcarwontstart.Whatmakessomethinghappeniscalledacause.Aneffectiswhathappensasaresultofthecause.causeeffect

TypicalQuestionstoAnswer“WhatarethecausesofX?”“WhatledtoX?”“WhydidXoccur?”“WhydoesXhappen?”“WhatwouldbetheeffectsofX?”

PurposeofaCause-and-EffectEssayExplainingtoyouraudiencethecausesofaparticulareventorsituation.theeffectsofaneventorsituation.acombinationofboth(rarely).

Sample1Thereareseveralfactorstobetakenintoaccountwhenstudyingwhysomeplantsbecomeweakordie.Onereasonislackofwater.Drynessinthesoilcausestheleavestowilt,andmaygiverisetothedeathoftheplant.Ontheotherhand,toomuchwatermayresultintheleavesdrooping,orbecomingyellow.Whilesunshineisnecessaryforplants,ifitistoostrong,thesoilmaybebakedandtherootskilled.However,ifthereisnolight,theleaveswillbecomepaleandthestemsthin.Consequentlytheplantmaydie.

Sample1analysisMainideaCausesEffectCause1Cause2Cause3Cause4

OutlineofaCauseParagraphEffectCause1Cause2Cause3

AcauseParagraphBrainstormreasons/causes1)It’spreferabletobeaman/woman.2)Collegestudentstakepart-timejobs.

Sample2Theconsequencesofprivacy

Sample2analysisMainideaCauseEffectsEffect1Effect2Effect3…

OutlineofanEffectParagraphcauseEffect1Effect2Effect3

AnEffectParagraphBrainstormeffects1)One-childpolicy.2)Enrollmentexpansionpolicy.

Sumup1)Acausepaper/paragraphItbeginswithanintroductionwhichbrieflydescribes