Cause and Effect Review

Which of these means "the most important idea in a section of text"?

• main idea

• supporting details

• cause

• effect

Which of these means "details that tell more information about the central idea"?

• main idea

• supporting details

• cause

• effect

What might be the cause of a teenager getting grounded?

• talking back to his parents

• volunteering for the animal shelter

What might be the effect of a strong wind and hot, dry conditions?

• a hurricaine

• forest fires

• earthquakes

• a global pandemic

Which of these means "the order in which things happen?"

• sequence of events

• cause

• effect

• supporting details

Why did the Chicago fire burn for so long? Select all that apply.

• the city had 600 miles of wooden sidewalks

• the firefighters were unprepared to fight such a huge fire

• Chicago is called "the windy city"

• Mrs. O'Leary's cow planned it all

What kind of text is Jim Murphy's "The Great Fire"?

• Informational

• Persuasive

• Narrative

• Fictional

In "The Great Fire," why did onlookers stand by to watch the fire burn?

• They didn't know how to help

• Fires were common and weren't thought to be that harmful

• They didn't know where the fire was burning

• They didn't want to get hurt themselves

Which of these can have its own central idea?

• A whole book

• A chapter

• A paragraph

• A word