Writing Academic English 4th Edition

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Asyoureadthefollowingmodelessay,trytodeterminewhichofthepatternsthe

modelessayfollows:A,B,C,orD.

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Inblockorganization,a shortparagraphoftenseparatesonemajorsectionfrom

anothermajorsection.Thisparagraphis calleda transitionparagraph.Itspurposeis

toconcludeonesectionandintroduceanothersection.Youdonotalwayshaveto

writea transitionparagraph,butit is helpfulwhenyourtopicis longandcomplex.

Forexample,anessayaboutglobalwarmingmightincludeseveralparagraphsabout

thecausesandseveralparagraphsabouttheeffects,witha transitionparagraph

betweenthetwoblocks.

Essaysthatdiscussmainly(oronly)causesormainly(oronly)effectsmighthave

a transitionparagraphbetweenblocksofdifferentkindsofcausesorbetweenblocks

ofdifferentkindsofeffects.Forexample,youmightusea transitionparagraphto

separatethepersonaleffectsofourincreasedlifeexpectancyfromitsmanyeffects

ontheeconomy.

Inshort,a block-stylecause/effectessaycouldhavemanydifferentpatterns.

Somepossibilitiesareshownbelow.

Youcanorganizea cause/effectessayintwomainways:"block"organizationand

"chain"organization.Inblockorganization,youfirstdiscussallthecausesasa block

(inone,two,three,ormoreparagraphs,dependingonthenumberofcauses).Then

youdiscussalltheeffectstogetherasa block.Youcandiscusseithercausesoreffects

first.Ofcourse,youcanalsodiscussonlycausesoronlyeffects.

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