Cause & Effect

Cause & Effect

A story's sequence is a series of cause and effect relationships

Multiple Choice

What is sequencing?

• A group of numbers

• It is the order of events in a story's plot.

• The number of steps in a process.

Multiple Choice

Which are examples of words that signal a sequence?

• both, alike, different

• over, under, beside

• next, then, finally

Multiple Select

Which are examples of graphic organizers used to show a sequence of events? (pick 2)

What is cause/effect?

• A reading comprehension skill

• What happened & Why it happened

• A story's plot is a series of cause and effect relationships

Key Words

• Signal a cause/effect relationship

Multiple Select

Which words signal a cause and effect relationship? (pick 2)

• if...then

• because

• finally

• both

Multiple Choice

Which sentence shows a cause/effect relationship?

• A little dog named Gobi ran most of an ultra marathon.

• The man let Gobi sleep with him at camp.

• Gobi met the runner at the marathons finish line.

• The race organizers took her to wait at the finish line because parts of the race were too hot for Gobi.