Cause and Effect Text Structure Teaching Slides

It explains the connection between an event and its result.

It lists items in a sequence.

It compares and contrasts two ideas.

It describes a problem and offers solutions.

They describe how one event leads to another event

They only describe events that happen at the same time

Some cause and effect texts can be complex

They never explain why something happened

One cause & one effect has only one result, while one cause & multiple effects has several results.

One cause & one effect has several results, while one cause & multiple effects has only one result.

Both have only one result.

Both have multiple causes.

Many different things come together to cause one thing to happen.

One thing causes many different results.

One thing causes one result.

Many things cause many results.

Waste dumped by factories

Too many fish being taken out

New fish species introduced

All of the above

Texts that focus only on the main idea

Texts that explain the connection between an event and its outcome, giving details about impact and consequences

Texts that list facts without explanation

Texts that only describe characters

because

however

due to

although

Decrease in gaming jobs

Blurring of lines between traditional sports and e-sports

Less interaction among gamers

Decline in modern culture

To describe the similarities and differences between two things

To show the connection between an event (the cause) and the result of that event (the effect)

To list items or events in chronological order

To explain how to do something step by step