Assignment Overview
In this assignment, you explore the process of cause and effect.
Deliverables
A two-page (500-word) paper
The essay MUST be in APA format. You will need to create a document (remember, Blackboard is Windows based, so create a .doc, or .docx, or .pdf, or any
other windows compatible document). You will need to format that document using the APA rules as covered in week 2 (or use an APA template-most word
processing programs offer them) for both the look of the paper and the in text citations and reference page.
Step 1 Write a paper.
In a two-page (500-word) paper, construct a cause and effect essay that follows these guidelines:
An introduction with a clear sense of thesis.
A body with several logically organized indented paragraphs.
A conclusion that effectively ends the essay.
Grammatical language that follows conventional practices of mechanics and punctuation.
An APA References list for at least two sources used in the paper.
Your sources MUST be academic and you must get them through the LIRN link databases found on the left:
https://proxy.lirn.net/CambridgeCollegeOfAlliedHlth
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Consider the following topics, which you may use. You are free to choose a topic of your own.
Disease (diabetes, HIV, cancer)
Poverty
Employment/Unemployment
Climate Change
Health
Addiction
Wealth
Consider what your topic has to offer your reader. Why should this topic be interesting to your audience?
Step 2
Make sure you have an APA heading, at least 2 parenthetically cited sources in the paper, and a Reference page