A good ending for a story should be based on _____.
magical events
cause and effect
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Explanation:
A. Cause-and-Effect: Definition
How, exactly, do you define cause-and-effect, as it relates to a literary novel?
In simplest terms, cause-and-effect explains the relationship that exists between two ideas/objects, when one acts upon the other, and then moves on to create an impact upon a third, separate idea/object.
Further, cause-and-effect is the method of development in which the writer comes to understand the reason(s) leading up to a specific action, event, or decision.
As a writer, you may then ask, what is the benefit of using cause-and-effect?
The tool of cause-and-effect has numerous purposes, including:
Exploring the order that exists within a chaotic reality
Offering up supportive facts and privy information to the reader
Speculating upon future actions and historical events
Showing the shift that occurs within a protagonist, other lead characters, or the environment, as a whole
And, as a side note, because it is virtually impossible for one literary tool to work independently of other tools, cause-and-effect often is used in conjunction with other critical-thinking skills, such as: sequencing, classifying, comparing, problem-solving, and decision-making.
B. Measuring the Impact of Cause-and-Effect Relationships
The questions of how and why are addressed when attempting to understand the nature of these cause-effect relationships. For example: How does the construction worker overcome his fear of heights? Why does the police officer always carry two weapons?
When attempting to set up realistic, compelling cause-effect relationships, it is very helpful for the novelist to answer background questions before plunging into a writing frenzy. The time spent understanding the impact one story element has upon future incidents, helps the writer to create meaningful storylines based on true human conditions and behaviors.
It is basic human instinct to gain a sense of why things happen (cause-effect). This is because it allows humans to feel comfortable with things that otherwise may seem threatening or foreign. At times, there may even be an element of surprise, when the reader reaches the end of the entire chain of events.
Therefore, it is important for the novelist to quell the uncertainty in his/her readers, by showing a direct cause-effect relationship. Such a framework can be used to educate readers, present order, reverse behaviors, and speculate on unknown subject areas.
C. Signals and Types of Cause-and-Effect Relationships
Specific words and phrases, (accordingly, as a result, because of, consequence of, if, nevertheless, and thus), often indicate the start of a cause-effect relationship.
When attempting to include a cause-and-effect relationship, it helps to know the construction can take one of several different forms:
Stated cause-and-effect relationships -- The relationship is overtly stated within the text of story.
Unstated cause-and-effect relationships -- The relationship is covertly described, or alluded to, within the text of the story
Reciprocal cause-and-effect relationships -- Akin to a ripple effect, the impact of one development results in a specific change which, in addition to the shift, also goes on to impact a completely separate entity. This pattern then often continues on down the line, until the point where it gets to the end of its reach.
D. Introductions and Timing
Before a novelist can thrust the readers into a complex storyline, he/she needs to first introduce the characters and set up the details of the situation.
To better explain the structural approach required, you may first want to reflect upon the idea that, as opposed to being episodic, novel writing entails a series of events which occur in the story, based upon the notion of cause-and-effect.
Similar to what is known as the "snowball effect," an inciting incident leads to a chain of events, driven by the characters' storylines, and continues to unfold. In turn, the preceding action causes a subsequent action, and so on, and so on.
All of the following: disasters, celebrations, reversals, mix-ups, guffaws, heated exchanges, and setting-related occurrences can come under the heading of cause-effect relationships.
Therefore, in order to talk about "Event A," involving characters "X" and "Y," the novelist needs to first introduce the two characters by providing a bit of their back stories, their affiliation with the story, and their connection with "Event A." Once introduced into the story, characters "X" and "Y" can be more casually written about, as the genesis in the story has been clearly identified.
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Answer:
cause and effect
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