Identifying Cause and Effect
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Objective
I can identify cause-and-effect relationships in a text and explain how they contribute to the author's message.
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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A cause happens first and tells us why something happens, while an effect happens after the cause and tells us what happened.
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To identify the cause, ask yourself, 'Why did this happen?', and the answer will be the cause.
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Signal words like 'so', 'due to', 'because', and 'if' can help you spot cause and effect relationships in sentences.
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Practice
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What is the purpose of identifying cause-and-effect relationships in a text?
Which of the following is a cause-and-effect signal word?
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Exit ticket
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“Read the sentence below, identify the signal word or phrase, and then identify the cause and effect: 'Because the dog barked loudly, the baby woke up.'”
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