The following essays will provide you with a very good idea of what a cause-effect essay looks like.
The examples below indicate title, format, level & course code, and a short description.
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Levels 3 - 4
For example: 604-412, 604-413
This document offers an example of an "effect" essay. It discusses the effects of excluding external sources in an academic piece of work on the author and on the readers. Take a moment to read the instructor comments in blue on the right-hand side of the text: they describe the format of the student's essay. Scroll down to see a second version of the text.