Cause and Effect

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What is a cause?

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

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What is an effect?

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An effect is what happens as a result of a cause.

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Example of a cause: My alarm clock did not go off.

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Effect: I was late for work.

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Example of a cause: The teacher started to talk.

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Effect: The students stopped and paid attention.

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In the sentence 'Because she finished all of her homework, Amy was allowed to go to her friend's house', what is the cause?

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Cause: She finished all of her homework.

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In the sentence 'Jessica played in the mud and she got very dirty', what is the effect?

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Effect: She got very dirty.

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What is the relationship between cause and effect?

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A cause leads to an effect; the cause is the reason something happens, and the effect is the result.

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Identify the cause: Roger ate too many jelly beans.

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Effect: He got a belly ache.

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

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It means to find out what action or event led to the result.

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

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It means to find out what happened as a result of the action or event.