What is Cause and Effect?
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Objective
I can explain how one event can cause another event to happen.
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Key concepts
3 concepts
- 1
A cause happens first and tells us why something happens, while an effect happens after the cause and tells us what happened.
- 2
Cause and effect relationships occur every day; for example, if you forget to use sunscreen on a hot day, you’ll get sunburnt.
- 3
Words like 'so', 'due to', 'because', 'since', and 'if' can be signal words that point to a cause and effect relationship in a sentence.
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Practice
10 questions
Define 'cause' and 'effect' as they are used in the context of cause-and-effect relationships.
Why is it important to identify cause and effect relationships in texts?
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Exit ticket
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“Identify the cause and effect in the following sentence: 'Because the road was icy, the school bus slid into the ditch.'”
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