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Chapter Nine
Analyzing Causes and Efects: Health and Medicine
Chain of Events
Use the spaces below to organize a chain of events pattern to show causes or effects.
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Chapter Nine
Analyzing Causes and Efects: Health and Medicine
Teaching Tools
Grading Rubric for Cause-and-Effect Essays
Purpose Possible Points Student Score
Identifies the cause or
effect being analyzed
Explains the cause-
and-effect relationship
convincingly
Organizes the causes
and/or effects
effectively
Uses sound logic
Concludes effectively
Uses proper grammar
and spelling
Total points
Additional feedback:
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Chapter Nine
Analyzing Causes and Efects: Health and Medicine
Cause-and-Effect Peer Review Worksheet
Writer’s name: _______________________________ Date: ______________
Reviewer’s name: ____________________________
Essay title: __________________________________
1. What cause-and-effect relationship is being analyzed? Is it clearly stated in the
thesis?
2. Has the author convincingly explained the cause-and-effect relationship? Why or
why not?
3. Are the causes and/or effects organized logically? Is there a better way to organize
them? Explain.
4. Has the author included any logical fallacies? Explain.
5. What part of the essay is most memorable? Why?
6. Is the conclusion effective? Why or why not?
7. What kinds of grammatical errors, if any, are evident in the cause or effect essay?
8. What final suggestions do you have for the author?
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Chapter Nine
Analyzing Causes and Efects: Health and Medicine
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Chapter Nine
Analyzing Causes and Efects: Health and Medicine
Writing Topics
1. School shootings have become a dark reality in America today. Write a cause-and-
effect essay focusing on the perpetrator or the victims of these tragedies.
2. Now that you are a college student, your life has probably changed in many ways.
Write a cause-and-effect essay focusing on the effects of pursuing a degree or
diploma. Think about the emotional, financial, physical, and intellectual impacts that
may have occurred.
3. Think back to some of the positive people you have met in your life. Write an essay
focusing on the effect these individuals made on you.
4. Write an essay about a positive choice you made in your life. Focus on the effects
resulting from this decision.
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