Cause and effect Paragraph

Cause-effect paragraph tell the causes (or reasons) for effects (or consequences). A cause-effect paragraph usually answers the question “why” or supplies the reason (because). In cause-effect paragraph time is important. Usually the cause comes first; the effect comes after the cause. In order to write successful cause-effect paragraphs, you must first be able to use cause-effect connectors correctly.

Cause-effect connectors

X= cause (the road were icy)

Y=effect (the car slide off the highway.)

Short word	X, so Y	Note: because time is important in differentiating cause from effect with the short and long words, the examples cannot be interchanged. For example, you cannot say “so Y, X” or Therefore Y,X”
Long words	X; therefore, Y X; consequently, Y X; as a result, Y X; for this reason, Y	(X. Therefore,Y) X.conesquently Y X.as a result, Y X.for this reason, Y
Subordinating words	Y because X Y since X	Because X,Y Since X,Y
Subordinating words plus prepositions	Y because of X Y due to X	(because of X, Y) (due to X,Y)

Here is an example of cause-effect paragraph:

I never drink Coke because it is really bad for your health. I discovered this when I worked with some biologists last summer. We did two simple experiments. In the first, we measured the pH (that is, the grade of acidity) of the Coke. We found that Coke has a pH of 3.2. That is extremely acidic, and so it is bad for your body. In the second experiment, we decided to examine the effects of high acidity in Coke. We put a shark’s tooth in a glass of Coke. In just seven days, the tooth had completely disappeared, the Coke had dissolved it. If the Coke can do that to a tooth, what can it do to human teeth or to human stomach or intestine? For these reasons, I never drink Coke, and I advise my friends not to drink it either.

Questions

1-is this paragraph about causes and/or effects?  

2-what questions do you think the Coke-Cola Company might ask this writer about his experiments?

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