English I Through ESOL - The School District of Palm Beach County
English I Through ESOL - The School District of Palm Beach County
English I Through ESOL - The School District of Palm Beach County
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Identifying Cause and Effect (Continued)<br />
Watch for unstated cause and effect. Sometimes signal words are not used. Examples:<br />
a) George’s car runs better now. <strong>The</strong> mechanic fixed the transmission.<br />
b) Florida advertises oranges on television to help the economy <strong>of</strong> the state.<br />
Organize the information in the passage to help you determine cause and effect.<br />
CAUSE<br />
Why?<br />
I burned the<br />
dinner.<br />
EVENT #1<br />
EFFECT<br />
What<br />
Happened?<br />
We have to<br />
go out to eat.<br />
EVENT #2<br />
EFFECT<br />
This<br />
happened<br />
We have to<br />
go out to eat.<br />
EVENT #2<br />
CAUSE<br />
For this reason<br />
I burned the dinner.<br />
EVENT #1<br />
In the graphics above, EVENT #1 is the CAUSE, because it happened first in time, and EVENT<br />
#2 is the EFFECT, because it happened second in time.<br />
<strong>English</strong> I <strong>Through</strong> <strong>ESOL</strong>: Romeo and Juliet<br />
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