Cause and Effect Structure

Cause and effect is a chain of action and reaction. When you have a cause and effect chain reaction, you have your immediate effect and the main cause. Typically these are present in the current situation. It feels very direct in the sense that "this" caused "that". But because cause and effect is more of a chain reaction, there are contributing causes, main causes, and the primary effect. From the primary effect, it branches from the immediate effect to the remote effect, and finally from there, ripple effects. Because one event leads to the next event, which leads to the next event, and the next, and so on, your causes can become your effect and your effects can become your causes. Typically in a cause and effect chain, you begin at the least important event (cause) that leads to the main effect, then go to the most important causes that directly lead to the primary effect.
Using the chain of action and reaction by cause and effect is effective in reaching an audience because it keeps things in chronological order and it's easy to follow in the sense that one thing leads to the next and that leads to the next event, and so on. It tells the audience what happened and explains why it happened and then the consequences of that happening. Analyzing a cause and effect paper is simple once you can find the first event that leads to the primary effect. Identify the main cause and effect and from there you can find the events, typically in a sequential order, that led to the main event. After figuring the main event and the things leading up to that point, you can look for the consequences of that main event, also known as the ripple effects. These ripple effects can be immediate, or they can reference to the future. As I stated in the beginning, cause and effect is one massive chain of action and reaction that, once found, is easy to follow.