Writing Academic English 4th Edition

98 Partn IWritingan"Essay

WritingTechniqueQuestions

1.Isthetopicofthisessayprimarilythecausesortheeffectsofshyness?

2. Whichparagraph(s)discuss(es)thecauses?
   3.Whichparagraph(s)discuss(es)theeffects?


3. Whattwosubtopicsarenamedinthethesisstatement?
   5.Whichparagraph(s)discuss(es)thefirstsubtopic?
   6.Whichparagraph(s)discuss(es)thesecondsubtopic?
   7.Whatis thefunctionofparagraph3?
   8. Whichpattern(A,B,C,orD)doesthemodelfollow?

PRA.CTICE 1

Block

Organization

INTRODUCTION

CONCLUSION

ChainOrganization..

Fillintheboxestoshowtheblockorganizationalpatternoftheessay.Writeinthe

topicofeachparagraphandtellwhetherit is a causeoraneffect.Thefirsttwoboxes

havebeenfilledinforyou.

Theotherorganizationalpatternyoucanusetowriteaboutcausesandeffectsis

chainorganization.Inthispattern,causesandeffects arelinkedtoeachotherin

a chain.Oneeventcausesa secondevent,whichinturncausesa thirdevent,which

inturncausesa fourthevent,andsoon.Eachnewcauseanditseffectarelinksin

a chain. Dependingonthecomplexityoftheideasineachlink,youcandevote

anentireparagraphtoonelillic,oryoumayincludeseverallinksinoneparagraph,

oryoumaydesclibetheentirechaininoneparagraph.Chainorganizationusually

worksbetterthanblockorganizationwhenthecausesandeffectsaretooclosely

linkedtobeseparated.Noticethechainpatterninthefollowingdiagram.