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English 99 J. Roth Essay Assignment #2—Cause-Effect DUE DATE for Essay #2: Monday,
February 27, 2006 Points Possible: 100 Workshops
in Computer Lab 1220G: Wednesdays and Fridays until due date Peer
Editing Day: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 Directions: Please
complete the following steps leading to creating, revising, and submitting
this essay. Step
1: Review the course packet on writing essays. Step 2: Consider a Web trip--you might find this
web site page from the Capital
Community College Foundation helpful: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/cause_effect.htm Step 3: Pick any event/situation in your
life/experience and analyze it by writing EITHER a cause OR an effect essay. When I grade your essay, I
will look for the following in particular: ü
Organization: a clear thesis sentence at the end of your
first paragraph. A “Milkshake Essay”
structure throughout. ü
Development: a
clear topic sentence at the beginning of each body paragraph as well as
unity, coherence, and completeness of body paragraph details. ü
Language Use: absence
of sentencing errors (fragments, comma splices, run-ons). Proper use of Words Often Confused
(Zero-Tolerance Skill #1 (pp. 4-17)), subject-verb agreement (pp. 118-120),
and proper use of pronoun agreement and reference (pp. 154-158). Outline
Format: Paragraph #1: Introduction—describe the event/situation you will analyze and end this
paragraph with your thesis sentence. Paragraph #2: Cause OR Effect #1 Paragraph #3: Cause OR Effect #2 Paragraph #4: Cause OR Effect #3 Paragraph #5: An elegant
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