Cause and effect essay outline

A cause and effect essay can have three possible variants of organization:

Outline 1 (many causes lead to one effect)

• Introduction

• Body

  1. Cause #1

  2. Cause #2

  3. Cause #3 etc.

  4. The effect of the causes

• Conclusion

Outline 2 (one cause- many effect)

• Introduction

• Body

  1. Cause

  2. Effect #1

  3. Effect #2

  4. Effect #3, etc.

• Conclusion

Outline 3 (a chain of causes and effect/one leads to another)

• Introduction

• Body

  1. Cause #1

  2. Effect #1 =Cause #2

  3. Effect #2 =Cause #3

  4. Effect #3=Cause #4 etc.

• Conclusion

Cause and effect essay structure

Structure 1 (many causes lead to one effect)

• Introduction (the introduction has to include information referred to the issue of the essay. The thesis statement of the cause and effect essay is the explanation why the analyzed issue is so important due to its causes and effect).

• Body

  1. Cause #1

  2. Cause #2

  3. Cause #3 etc.

  4. The effect of the causes (analyzes the one effect all the mentioned above causes have).

• Conclusion (summarizes all the mentioned above causes and their effect to prove the thesis statement. The thesis statement must be restated as the bottom line of the essay).

 

Structure 2 (one cause- many effect)

• Introduction (the introduction has to include information referred to the issue of the essay. The thesis statement of the cause and effect essay is the explanation why the analyzed issue is so important due to its causes and effect).

• Body

  1. Cause (analyzes the reason something happens).

  2. Effect #1

  3. Effect #2

  4. Effect #3, etc.

• Conclusion (summarizes all the mentioned above effects and their effect to prove the thesis statement. The thesis statement must be restated as the bottom line of the essay).

Structure 3 (a chain of causes and effect/one leads to another)

• Introduction (the introduction has to include information referred to the issue of the essay. The thesis statement of the cause and effect essay is the explanation why the analyzed issue is so important due to its causes and effect).

• Body

  1. Cause #1 (analyzes the reason something happens).

  2. Effect #1 =Cause #2 (analyzes the effect of the first cause, which in its turn is the effect that provokes the next cause).

  3. Effect #2 =Cause #3 (analyzes the effect of the second cause, which in its turn is the effect that provokes the next cause).

  4. Effect #3=Cause #4 etc. (analyzes the effect of the third cause, which in its turn is the effect that provokes the next cause).

• Conclusion (summarizes all the mentioned above causes and effects which bring each other up to prove the thesis statement. The thesis statement must be restated as the bottom line of the essay).