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Organization Assignment How to cope with Campus Depression There Is a Generation Gap My Requirements for a Friend Chinese and Foreign Teachers Job Discrimination against Women in China Freedom/Backdoorism Subject-by-subject pattern In the subject-by-subject pattern, the writer discusses the various aspects of one item before going on to the other. Thesis statement: X is a better school than Y. Ⅰ. X A. Student body B. Teaching staff C. Library and other facilities D. Campus Ⅱ. Y A. Student body B. Teaching staff C. Library and other facilities D. Campus Point-by-point pattern In the point-by-point pattern, the writer discusses both items under each of the various aspects compared/contrasted. ⅠStudent body A. X B. Y ⅡTeaching staff A. X B. Y Ⅲ Library and other facilities A. X B. Y Ⅳ Campus A. X B. Y A cause-effect essay is a piece of expository writing showing or explaining the cause and/or effect of something. A cause deals with the question “Why?” and an effect, the question “What if?” A cause paper begins with an introduction which briefly describes the effect, and then the entire body of the paper analyses the causes, each of which is generally discussed in one paragraph. An effect paper reverses the procedure. It begins with an introduction describing the cause, and the rest of the paper discusses the effects. When writing the paper, try to remember the following logical requirements: Do not over-simplify causes. Beware especially of making a mistake in logic known as the fallacy “after this therefore because of this”; Distinguish between direct and indirect causes and effects and between major and minor causes and effects; Do not omit links in a chain of causes and effects; Be objective and support the analysis with solid, factual evidence. Definition is necessary when one uses a term that may have various denotative meanings or shades of meaning. There are two main types of