Nonfiction Cause & Effect

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What is a cause?

Back

A cause is an event or action that makes something happen.

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What is an effect?

Back

An effect is the result or outcome of a cause.

Front

Give an example of a cause and effect relationship.

Back

If it rains (cause), the ground gets wet (effect).

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What does it mean to identify the effect in a sentence?

Back

It means to find out what happened as a result of the cause.

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In the sentence 'Keegan was hungry because he skipped lunch', what is the cause?

Back

He skipped lunch.

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In the sentence 'We turned up the heat because it was getting cold', what is the effect?

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We turned up the heat.

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What is the relationship between cause and effect?

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A cause leads to an effect; one cannot happen without the other.

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How can you tell the cause from the effect in a story?

Back

Look for clues that explain why something happened (cause) and what happened as a result (effect).

Front

What is a signal word that often indicates a cause?

Back

'Because' is a signal word that indicates a cause.

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What is a signal word that often indicates an effect?

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'So' is a signal word that indicates an effect.