Text Structures (Inferences and Cause/Effects)

What is the effect in this sentence?

Due to peanut allergies, students aren't permitted to bring in baked goods.

• peanut allergies

• students aren't permitted to bring in baked goods

• students are in baked goods.

• allergies

• students are permitted to bring in baked goods.

After trick or treating, Billy stayed up late eating his whole bag of candy. The next day he felt sick and tired. What text structure is being described?

• sequence

• description

• cause & effect

• problem & solution

Select the most likely CAUSE for the following EFFECT:

Steven cut his finger.

• Outside Steven walked around.

• In the house Steven ate pizza.

• Yesterday Steven ran.

• Steven picked up broken glass.

The _____________________ is the what happened.

• Cause

• Effect

___________________ is why something happened.

• cause

• effect

Frank Jones loves going fishing. One Saturday afternoon, he went fishing and caught a humongous fish. However, the fish got away because Frank hadn't tied the string tight enough and it broke.

What was the cause of the fish getting away?

• The string wasn't tight enough and it broke

• The hook broke.

• The fish got away.

• Frank had the worst day of his life.