Cause and Effect ELA

The Smurfs hardly ever listen to Brainy’s plans, and they most often respond to his self-righteous preaching by tossing him out of the village.

• cause and effect

• main idea

• problem and solution

• main idea

Words that express the reason for a specific event, idea, etc.

• Explanation

• Plot

• Fiction

• Argument

The text structure that is written in a style that tells what happened and why it happens is...

• Problem and Solution

• Question and Answer

• Chronological

• Cause and Effect

What text structure is this?

• Description and List

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

"Much of the call for paying athletes has come from the popularity of college football and basketball on television, and the money these sports produce. However, most of that money goes back to the universities. It supports both sports and academics" ( Kusler 7). What text structure is this?

• Problem and Solution

• Description/List

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

"These new rules would change the foundation of the game, but baseball needs to catch up. Soccer is growing popular in the U.S. for a good reason: the running clock. Soccer games have constant action. There is a defined starting and ending point to a soccer game — they will always be about two hours long. Many people like the slow pace of baseball, and that it has no time limits. But there’s still a way to make it faster-paced" Use different perspectives to find both answers.

• Sequence

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

Which of the following sentences best demonstrates a cause and effect relationship?

• The sun was shining, so we decided to go to the beach.

• I like ice cream because it is cold.

• She reads every night before bed.

• The cat slept on the windowsill.

Identify the cause in the following sentence: 'The alarm didn't go off, so I was late for school.'

• The alarm didn't go off.

• I was late for school.

• I missed the bus.

• I forgot my homework.

What is the effect in this sentence? 'Because it rained all night, the soccer match was canceled.'

• It rained all night.

• The soccer match was canceled.

• The players were disappointed.

• The field was wet.

Which word in the following sentence indicates a cause and effect relationship? 'Due to the heavy traffic, we missed the beginning of the movie.'

• Due to

• Heavy

• Missed

• Beginning