1. Cause and Effect

2. Writing About Cause and Effect
What is a CAUSE?
It is what makes something happen
(Example: The floor was wet...)
What is an EFFECT?
It is what happens
(Example: so, I slipped and fell.)
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3. Writing Tips Look for words such as… Since So Because Therefore
Due to the fact
…to join cause and effect sentences.
Use cause and effect in paragraphs to explain how things work OR
how something happens.
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4. Two things have to happen in a cause and effect sentence!
A CAUSE is what makes something happen.
An EFFECT is what happens as a result of the cause.
Look at the pictures below.
What is the cause?________________
What will be the effect?_______________
The needle
The balloon will pop
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5. Look at the pictures below. Match the CAUSE with the EFFECT
GREAT JOB!!
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6. Remember these tips… The CAUSE happens FIRST The EFFECT happens SECOND
Ask yourself, what had to happen first?
The EFFECT happens SECOND
Ask yourself, what happened last?
Also: C before E (In the alphabet)
Cause before Effect!
Look for clue words
Because, since, so, on account of, due to the fact
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7. Certain words join cause and effect sentences.
I bought Dan a present BECAUSE it was
his birthday.
What is the cause? ________________
What is the effect? ________________
What is the word that join the cause and effect? _______
It was Dan’s birthday
I bought him a present
Because
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8. What other words help to join cause and effect sentences?
The ice cream was melting AS A RESULT OF the hot weather.
What is the cause?________________
What is the effect?________________
What is the joining clue word?___________
The hot weather
The ice cream melted
As a result of
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9. Which words join the cause and effect parts of a sentence?
I told Ellen to come home because it was time for dinner. _________
The school was closed yesterday on account of the snowy weather. ___________
Sara could not go to the party due to the fact that she was sick. ____________
I saved ten dollars as the result of putting one dollar in my bank every week.____________
because
on account of
due to the fact
as the result of
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10. On a piece of paper, Write a cause and effect ending for each sentence below.
USE THE WORDS THAT JOIN THEM
Because, since, on account of, due to the fact
I had to wear boots to school _________
________________________________
I like you _________________________
Alan had to stay after school _________
We are having a party_______________
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