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Many More... Cause and Effect Diagrams. Cause and Effect diagrams, also called sequence of events diagrams, are a type of graphic organizer that describe how events affect one another in a process. The student must be able to identify and analyze the cause(s) and the effect(s) of an event or process.
Explain the causes of this phenomenon. Be sure to give specific details and reasons in your explanation. Cause/effect paragraphs generally follow basic paragraph format. That is, they begin with a topic sentence and this sentence is followed by specific supporting details. (Click here if you wish to review Lesson 1, Basic Paragraph Structure.) For example, if the topic sentence introduces an effect, the supporting sentences all describe causes. Here is an example: