Cause and Effect Text Structure

The video explains how authors use text structures, focusing on the cause and effect structure. It describes how to identify causes and effects, provides examples, and lists cue words that signal this structure. The video also offers strategies for understanding cause and effect texts, emphasizing the use of questions to enhance comprehension. It highlights that causes can lead to multiple effects and vice versa, using examples like animal extinction.

What is the primary purpose of using a cause and effect structure in informational texts?

• To compare and contrast different ideas

• To explain why something happens and its outcomes

• To entertain the reader with fictional stories

• To list events in chronological order

Which of the following is a cue word that indicates a cause and effect relationship?

• Consequently

• Similarly

• In contrast

• Moreover

What question can help you identify the effect in a cause and effect text?

• When did it happen?

• Where did it occur?

• Who was involved?

• What happened?

In a cause and effect text, what might you expect to find?

• A list of unrelated events

• A detailed description of a single event

• Multiple causes leading to one effect

• A comparison of two different topics

Which of the following is an example of multiple causes leading to one effect?

• A book detailing the life of a single person

• A timeline of historical events

• Various factors like pollution and habitat destruction leading to animal extinction

• A single storm causing a flood