Understanding Cause and Effect

In the following sentence, what is the cause? Since Jeremiah was sick, he didn't take the math test.

• Jeremiah was sick.

• He didn't take the math test.

• Since

In the following sentence, what is the effect? The boy slipped due to the ice on the stairs.

• The boy slipped.

• the ice on the stairs

• due to

In the following sentence, what signal word or phrase points out the cause? As a result of studying daily, Cynthia earned 100% on her next science test.

• daily

• next

• as a result of

• studying

What could be a cause for Bethany giving Maliyah a present?

• Bethany received a thank you card

• Bethany got a present in return

• The toy store was closed

• Maliyah had a birthday party.

After school on Wednesday, Brendan found out that he made the baseball team. Which of the following could be a cause for Brendan making the baseball team?

• He went to dinner with his friends on Tuesday.

• He went to school on Wednesday

• He practiced baseball twice a week.

• He never watches the World Series.

Which text feature would you use to find the names of all chapters in a book and the pages where they started?

• a heading

• captions

• the table of contents

• the glossary

Juan knows that "Italy" will be described on pages 22-30. To figure this out, he probably...

• looked for "Italy" in the glossary

• looked for "Italy" in the index

• looked for "Italy" on a diagram

Cynthia doesn't understand what is going on in her picture book. What can she do?

• look in the table of contents

• look for a graph

• read the caption

• stare at it for three minutes

In a book Jenny is reading, she sees a picture of a plant with different parts labeled. This is a...

• diagram

• table

• caption

• vocabulary word

Nonfiction books never contain text features.

• true

• false