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

  1. 1

    A cause happens first and tells us why something happens, while an effect happens after the cause and tells us what happened.

  2. 2

    To identify the cause, ask yourself, 'Why did this happen?', and the answer will be the cause.

  3. 3

    Signal words like 'so', 'due to', 'because', and 'if' can help you spot cause and effect relationships in sentences.

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Practice

10 questions

1

What is the purpose of identifying cause-and-effect relationships in a text?

2

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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