100 Sentence Starters for Cause-and-Effect Essays

No.	Item	Definition
1.	A further consequence is	adds another outcome
2.	A long-term effect is	introduces later effect
3.	A major reason is that	introduces a cause
4.	Accordingly,	shows a fitting result
5.	An immediate result is	introduces direct effect
6.	Another effect is	adds another outcome
7.	Arising from this,	shows the source cause
8.	As a consequence,	shows an outcome
9.	As a direct result,	shows immediate outcome
10.	As a result,	shows an outcome
11.	As an indirect result,	shows secondary outcome
12.	Because	introduces a reason
13.	Bringing about	shows resulting effect
14.	Brought on by	shows originating cause
15.	By bringing about	shows causation
16.	By causing	shows causation
17.	By increasing	shows causal mechanism
18.	By influencing	shows causal mechanism
19.	By leading to	shows causation
20.	By reducing	shows causal mechanism
21.	By resulting in	shows causation
22.	By triggering	shows causation
23.	Caused by	shows originating cause
24.	Causing	shows resulting effect
25.	Chiefly because	shows main reason
26.	Consequently,	shows a result
27.	Contributing to	shows partial effect
28.	Driven by this,	shows motivating cause
29.	Due to this,	shows a cause
30.	For that reason,	shows why something follows
31.	For this reason,	shows why something follows
32.	From this, it follows that	draws a conclusion
33.	Given this,	shows a basis
34.	Giving rise to	shows resulting effect
35.	Hence,	shows a result
36.	In consequence,	shows a result
37.	In doing so,	shows mechanism and result
38.	In light of this,	shows a reasoned result
39.	In part because	shows partial reason
40.	In reaction to this,	shows response cause
41.	In response,	shows reaction effect
42.	In this way,	shows means and result
43.	In turn,	shows a follow-on effect
44.	Influenced by	shows originating cause
45.	It follows that	states a logical result
46.	Largely because	shows main reason
47.	Leading to	shows resulting effect
48.	Mainly because	shows main reason
49.	On account of this,	shows a cause
50.	One consequence is	introduces an outcome
51.	One effect of this is	introduces an effect
52.	One factor was	introduces a cause
53.	One reason is that	introduces a cause
54.	Owing to this,	shows a cause
55.	Partly because	shows partial reason
56.	Primarily because	shows main reason
57.	Prompted by this,	shows what triggered it
58.	Resulting from this,	shows the source cause
59.	Resulting in	shows resulting effect
60.	Since	introduces a reason
61.	Stemming from this,	shows the source cause
62.	That explains why	links cause and effect
63.	That is why	explains the reason
64.	The consequence was that	states the outcome
65.	The effect was that	states the outcome
66.	The immediate effect was	states direct outcome
67.	The long-term result was	states later outcome
68.	The reason is that	introduces a cause
69.	The result was that	states the outcome
70.	Therefore,	shows a logical result
71.	This accounts for	explains an effect
72.	This arises from	links effect to cause
73.	This brought about	introduces an effect
74.	This can be attributed to	links effect to cause
75.	This can be traced to	links effect to cause
76.	This caused	introduces an effect
77.	This contributed to	shows partial cause
78.	This eventually led to	shows delayed effect
79.	This explains why	links cause and effect
80.	This follows from	shows logical result
81.	This gave rise to	introduces an effect
82.	This helps explain	offers causal explanation
83.	This is because	gives a reason
84.	This is due to	shows a cause
85.	This is why	states the reason
86.	This led to	introduces an effect
87.	This resulted in	introduces an effect
88.	This stems from	links effect to cause
89.	This, in turn,	shows chain reaction
90.	Thus,	shows a result
91.	Triggered by this,	shows what caused it
92.	Under these circumstances,	shows context for result
93.	What caused this was	introduces a cause
94.	What led to this was	introduces a cause
95.	What resulted from this was	introduces an effect
96.	Which caused	shows linked effect
97.	Which contributed to	shows linked partial cause
98.	Which led to	shows linked effect
99.	Which resulted in	shows linked effect
100.	With the result that	shows resulting outcome