1.   Carefully read,  in our text, Readings for Writers, this week's cause and effect
                   readings and essays found in  Assignments.

2.      Visit the following link:   Cause and Effect
3.   Read the information carefully and take notes of important points.
4.      Think carefully about the three types of cause and effect:  necessary,  contributory,
                  and sufficient.  Choose a topic that contains only a sufficientcause and effect.  This
                  will be the topic for your final paper.   You will  then develop a paper that will be 11-15
                  paragraphs long, developed according to  Guidelines for Writing Online Papers.
                  This paper will need 10 facts, quotes, or statistics to support your cause and effect.
                  They may be obtained from  newspapers, magazines, books, reputable online sources, etc.
                  You must then use work cited to cite your source after usage of each quote, fact, or
                  statistics.  See   MLA Page Format Guide and More Works Cited and Works Cited Page
                  for works cited format.  Submit to me  pahutchi@alpha.delta.edu by the  date listed in the
                  Class Assignments Section (in December). This is your final paper, a mini-research paper, and is
                  worth a total of 50 points..
5.   In the Classroom Discussion message board area, post under the appropriate thread,
                  a thesis statement  which states the sufficient cause and effect you have chosen.  If
                  classmates see that it is not  a sufficient  cause and effect, they should indicate that
                  by responding to the post. Classmates should offer information, etc.

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                 Last Updated: June, 2003
                 Patricia A. Hutchins
                 http://www.delta.edu/pahutchi/causeeffectassn.html