Cause and Effect Rhetorical Strategy: What are the effects of industry?
Norton Sampler
Climbing the Golden Arches by M Nunez p. 284 PQ: What is the work environment at McDs?
Evidence (Specific Word Choice)
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Method?
What is the purpose? / SO
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Causes/Effects?
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Appeals:
Ethos (Ethical)/Pathos(Emotions)/Logos (Logic)
Causal Relations?
(Chronological order?)
Major Cause or Minor Cause?The Wounds that Can’t Be Stitched Up by R. Russell p. 309 PQ: How easy is it to forgive someone?
Evidence (Specific Word Choice)
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Method?
What is the purpose? / SO
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Causes/Effects?
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Appeals: Ethos /Pathos/Logos
Causal Relations?
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Major Cause or Minor Cause?BR:A Web of Brands by N. Klein p.440 PQ: How do you perceive globalization?
Evidence (Specific Word Choice)
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Method?
What is the purpose? /S
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Causes/Effects?
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Appeals: Ethos /Pathos/Logos
Causal Relations?
(Chronological order?)
Major Cause or Minor Cause?Live Free and Starve by C. Divakaruni p.448 PQ: Is child labor bad?
Evidence (Specific Word Choice)
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Method?
What is the purpose? /S
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Appeals: Ethos /Pathos/Logos
Causal Relations?
(Chronological order?)
Major Cause or Minor Cause?Drugs by G. Vidal p.454 PQ: Are drugs bad?
Evidence (Specific Word Choice)
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Method?
What is the purpose? /S
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Causes/Effects?
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Appeals: Ethos /Pathos/Logos
Causal Relations?
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Major Cause or Minor Cause?Safe-Sex Lies by M. Daum p. 459 PQ: Should we be worried about safe sex?
Evidence (Specific Word Choice)
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Method?
What is the purpose? /S
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Causes/Effects?
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Appeals: Ethos /Pathos/Logos
Causal Relations? (Chronological order?)
Major Cause or Minor Cause?Videotape by D. DeLillo p. 466 PQ: Are we fascinated with violence?
Evidence (Specific Word Choice)
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What is the purpose? /S
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Appeals: Ethos /Pathos/Logos
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(Chronological Order?)
Major Cause or Minor Cause?Cause and Effect Analysis Sheet
The Method
n To figure out reasons and results is to use the method of CAUSE AND EFFECT.
1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
Examples of the Method
n ______
n Why do birds migrate?
n ______
n Effects
n ______
n What impact has the personal computer had on the nursing profession?
n Suppose an asteroid the size of a sofa was to strike in Philadelphia?
Process: ______, Purposes, and Theses
n Causation: ______
n An excellent cause and effect subject should be a topic near to you.
Example: For a 500-word essay due Thursday, the causes of teenage rebellion would be a less feasible topic than why a certain thirteen-year-old you know ran away from home.
Process: Subjects, ______, and Theses
n ______
n You may want to go further, ______. You still need to be clear and accurate in presenting your interpretation, treat the other issues fairly.
Process: Subjects, Purposes, and ______
Ex: A bill like the one we’ve just passed (to ban imports from factories that use child labor) is of no use unless it goes hand in hand with programs that will offer a new life to these newly released children. Chitra Divakuaruni Live Fee and Starve
It is possible to stop most drug addiction in the United States within a very short time. Simply make all drugs available and sell them at cost. Gore Vidal, Drugs
My suspicion is, in fact, that very few of us…have really responded to the AIDS crisis the way the federal government and educators would like us to believe. My guess is that we’re all but ignoring it and that almost anyone who claims otherwise is lying. Meghan Daum, Safe-Sex Lies
Causal Relations
n ______
n Example: Why a battle may be lost?
1. The losing general had fewer soldiers and had a blinding hangover the morning he mapped out his strategy.
2. Winter set in and winter enforcements failed to arrive and a Joan of Arc inspired the winning army.
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Causal Relations
n Determine if the ______.
Ex: If Judd acquires a heavy drug habit and also takes up residence in a video arcade, and as a result finds himself penniless, it is probably safe to assume that the drug habit is the major cause of his going broke and his addiction to video games a minor one.
(If you were writing about his sad case, you’d probably emphasize the drug habit by giving it most of your space, perhaps touching on video games briefly.)
Cautions with ______
Beware of confusing coincidence with cause.
Post hoc-______.
Ex: This is the error of the superstitious man who decides that he lost his job because a black cat walked in front of him.
Another error is to ______.
Ex: Violent crime is simply a result of “all those gangster shows on TV.”
Discovery of ______
n What am I ______
n What is the ______
n In what scene or location did the act take place, and in what circumstances?
n What ______
n For what purpose did the ______act? ______
Pentad: the act, actor, scene, agency, and purpose
Focus on Clarity and Conciseness Read p. 435 in The Bedford Reader J