Cause & Effect in Informational Texts

Identify and interpret cause-and-effect relationships in informational texts

something that brings about an effect

A result or consequence of an action or cause

• The cause and effect can be WRITTEN in any order but....

• The CAUSE of something is always what HAPPENS first

• The EFFECT is the resulting outcome (or what HAPPENS second)

• An author uses cause and effect as an element of story writing.

• Cause-and-effect relationships are used to deepen a readers understanding.

• A. The students stayed in and played board games during recess.

• B. It was raining outside during recess time.

• B. happened first and was the CAUSE of the students staying

  inside and playing board games during recess

• sentence A. is the EFFECT of sentence B.

CAUSE  is why something happened.​

such as

because

so

consequently

therefore

thus

since