Cause and Effect
The Causal Chain
A Brief explanation
Causes of the Salem Witchcraft Trials: Causes for the Outbreak of Witchcraft Hysteria in Salem
Note Cards
For your cause and effect essay, you must use a minimum of three sources. From these sources you must write a minimum of 20 note cards. You will also have a source card for each of your sources.
Note Cards
• Use note cards to document the information from your sources.
• Place only one idea on each card, even if it is a statistic.
• Include shortened bibliographical information on each card.
• Use paraphrasing, quoting, summarizing.
Short Video on How to Write Note Cards
Chunking--A Technique for Integrating Borrowed Information: The Jane Schaffer Body Paragraph
Tentative Outline: Cause and Effect Essay
Think, Pair, Share: George Orwell, "Shooting an Elephant"
Aristotle, The Four Causes
How to Write a Cause and Effect Essay
A very detailed set of instructions