Cause and Effect Test Structures

"Because, therefore, as a result, so, since, due to" are called signal words to recognize the structure ___________________

• Compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• sequence

• description

• cause and effect

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

What's the effect ?

Paula overslept.

• As a result, she was late for school.

• As a result, she was very hungry.

• As a result, her dog kept barking.

• Consequently, her parents bought a new car.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

All of the cows got out of the pasture!

What was the cause?

• Due to a truck speeding by.

• Due to the farmer milking his cows.

• Due to the gate being left open.

• Due to a dish falling off the table.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

What was the effect?

Dark clouds appeared menacingly in the sky.

• Therefore, rain began to pour down from the sky.

• Therefore, a chilly wind was blowing.

• Therefore, a cow began to moo loudly.

• Therefore, I got a headache.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

When I woke up, I found that a beautiful, cold blanket of white covered my yard.

What was the cause? (Cause = the reason) (Effect = the result)

• It rained last night!

• A giant chef sneezed flour over my neighborhood!

• It must have snowed while I slept.

• The trees were frosty white too.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

What are possible CAUSES for not doing your homework? (Choose 2)

• You earn a 100% on a test.

• You forgot your backpack with your iPad and work at school.

• You are in trouble with your teacher!

• You were not at school, and you were too sick to do anything.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

It was getting cold in the room, so we turned up the heat. What is the effect? (Cause = the reason) (Effect = the result)

• We turned up the heat.

• It was getting cold in the room.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

It started raining, so I opened my umbrella. What is the cause? (Cause = the reason) (Effect = the result)

• I opened my umbrella

• umbrella

• It started raining

• rain

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Asher and Grayson are good friends, because __________________________________________.

• Tommy and Matthew

• Tommy and Matthew are good friends

• are good friends

• they have many common interests and hobbies

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Hayden practiced math during summer vacation, therefore, she finds math easy. What is the cause? (Cause = the reason) (Effect = the result)

• she finds math easy

• during summer vacation

• Hayden practiced math during summer vacation

• therefore

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3