Causal Writing Blog Task--due September 25

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1.) Locate some extremely engaging, insightful causal writing--writing that explains the causes of a given phenomenon that currently exists (Phenomenon: Women are urged to wear their hair longer than men...Why? OR Phenomenon: 60% of Americans are lactose intolerant...Why? OR Gold exists...Why? OR Gold is valuable to us...Why? OR The Keystone XL Pipeline Project wants oil to flow through South Dakota...Why?). Link the writing you find and react, agreeing or disagreeing and critiquing the techniques employed by the composer.

2.) Summarize your goals with your causal essay.

3.) Select a sentence from your essay and explain its grammatical classification: simple, compound, complex, compound-complex, fragment. Examine your own grammatical classification variety.

Write 300+ total words for this blog task.

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Causal Writing--due October 3

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After excavating all around online for expert journalism, select writing that works impressively to explain the causes of an existing effect/phenomenon.  You're looking for a terrific example of effective causal writing, essentially.  Write 300+ words about how the writer masterfully explains the causes, which are unknown and new to many readers, of a certain effect/phenomenon.  

Consider: argusleader.com nationalgeographic.com nytimes.com time.com