6th Grade Quiz and Test Study Guide Homework (3/3/25)

Lesson: Exploring Cause and Effect

Match the following

• cause and effect

• Writers explain the similarities and differences between people, events, or ideas.

• compare and contrast

• Writers arrange or group elements based on common features.

• classification

• Writers use detailed descriptions to provide new information about a subject.

• definition

• Writers describe an initial event or idea and the events or ideas that occur as a result.

Lesson: Exploring Cause and Effect

Match the following types of word relationships

• Cause and Effect Relationship

• The item-category analogy shows the relationship between something and the group it belongs to.

  Examples

  pit bull terrier : dog – canary : bird

• Item-Category Relationship

• The part-to-whole analogy shows the relationship between an object and its parts.

  Examples

  page : book – lettuce : salad

• Part-to-Whole Relationship

• The cause and effect analogy shows the relationship between an action and the result of that action.

  Examples

  practice : improve – sleep : rested

Lesson: Exploring Cause and Effect

What is the purpose of using a cause and effect text structure?

• to explain how various people, events, and topics can be grouped together

• to discuss solutions to problems the writer presents

• to describe an event and the reasons the event may have happened

• to describe how two or more items are alike

Lesson: Exploring Cause and Effect

_____________ is an action or an event that leads to other events taking place.

• Cause

• Effect

Lesson: Exploring Cause and Effect

_____________ is a result, or outcome, of the event or action that caused it.

• Cause

• Effect

Lesson: Exploring Cause and Effect

True or False: When exploring cause and effect, ask these two questions about the events that happen in a text: What happened? and Why did it happen?

• True

• False

Lesson: Exploring Cause and Effect

True or False: When exploring cause and effect, signal words are words or phrases, such as since and because, to look for in a text to help you determine the text structure.

• True

• False

Lesson: Exploring Cause and Effect

True or False: Writers use analogies to describe a comparison between two things or ideas that may be very different. An analogy can show how two or more words may have a relationship to one another.

• True

• False

Lesson: Recognizing External Conflict

Which of these situations is an example of external conflict?

• choosing whether to help a stranger

• deciding whether to go to a party or study for an exam

• looking for shelter during a thunderstorm

• feeling anxious about giving a speech

Lesson: Recognizing External Conflict

What type of external conflict does this situation describe?

Beth and Anita are hiking an unfamiliar trail. They have reached a fork in the trail and are arguing over which path to take.

• person versus person

• person versus nature

• person versus society

• person versus self