Let’s practice with cause/effect structures.
Could you fill in this chart below?
Now why do you need to know the chart? You will tend to put the 3 on the left of the chart in your writing but you may not do the 3 on the right of your chart.
So how can you change that? Simply by changing the 3 on the left to the 3 on the right in your writing. We’ll look at how to apply it to the grammar of our writing in our next lesson.
For now though, in this lesson, we’ll focus on trying to remember the chart and apply the chart to create more sophisticated sentences in the grammar of our writing.
CHART FOR CAUSE:
FANBOYS TRANSITIONS ADV. CLAUSES Move a transition Reduce adv.clauses Adv. phrase
CHART FOR EFFECT:
FANBOYS TRANSITIONS ADV. CLAUSES Move a transition Reduce adv.clauses Adv. phrase
Now in case you can't remember what goes in the chart, here are the answers:
CHART FOR CAUSE:
FANBOYS TRANSITIONS ADV. CLAUSES Move a transition Reduce adv.clauses Adv. phrase
for x because no yes but delete because of
since because/since/as due to
as due to the fact that
due to the fact that
CHART FOR EFFECT:
FANBOYS TRANSITIONS ADV. CLAUSES Move a transition Reduce adv.clauses Adv. phrase
so therefore will do later yes no as a result of
as a result as a consequence of
consequently
ow that we remember the chart, let’s try to create the structures from the chart by looking at a few sentences and changing them.
Let’s combine these two sentences in the ways provide. I am afraid of spiders. I double check cabins when I go to the mountains for spiders.
1.Add fanboys:
for___________________________________________________________________________so___________________________________________________________________________
2. Add a transition: therefore/as a result______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Add an adverb clause: because/since/as/due to the fact that_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.move the transition:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5.reduce the adverb clause if possible: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6.Add an adverb phrase/prepositional phrase: because of________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Add an adverb phrase: as a result of(same as because of) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Here is another example: The price of cigarettes has increased. Some people may stop buying as many cigarettes.
1.Add fanboys:
for___________________________________________________________________________so___________________________________________________________________________
2. Add a transition: therefore/as a result______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Add an adverb clause: because/since/as/due to the fact that_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.move the transition:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5.reduce the adverb clause if possible: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6.Add an adverb phrase/prepositional phrase: because of________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Add an adverb phrase: as a result of(same as because of) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
So in this lesson, we looked at why we need to know the chart, we looked at the chart and how to apply that chart. For answers to this exercise, please write a comment on this post and I will be happy to give you the answers.