Cause/
Effect
Effect
Choose the cause:
The team practiced hard all year so they won the championship game.
The team practiced hard all year.
Which one is the fact:
There are four seasons: winter, fall summer and spring.
Of all the seasons, the best season is fall.
There are four seasons: winter, fall summer and spring.
I used to love how my bedroom was decorated, but lately I'm not so sure. The walls are covered with the painted handprints of me and my best friend, Brianna. We started doing them back in first grade and added more handprints every year.
1st Person
Comparing or Contrasting
Telescopes and microscopes work in a similar way. They use curved pieces of glass to make things look larger than they are. They allow people to see small details in the faraway or tiny objects they are viewing.
Comparing
True or False
When you contrast two different things, you look for the differences.
True
Choose the effect:
I didn't get to school on time so there wasn't any breakfast left.
There wasn't any breakfast left.
Choose the opinion:
Some dogs have jobs, such as police dogs or rescue dogs.
All dogs are easy to train.
All dogs are easy to train.
You sleep a long time. At one point you wake. Alex has put food on a tray beside the bed: clear broth and sliced fruit and a cup of tea, all long gone to room temperature. You eat and drink, then go into the bathroom.
2nd Person
Comparing or Contrasting
What is the difference between a moon and a planet? For one thing, a planet moves in an orbit around a star. By contrast, a moon orbits around a planet.
Contrasting
True or False
A fact is what you think about a certain subject.
False
Choose the cause:
The road was packed with snow because a plow wouldn't start.
A plow wouldn't start.
Choose the fact:
Horses sleep standing up.
Horseback riding is something people enjoy and is a fun activity.
Horses sleep standing up.
One Sunday afternoon after dinner, about a week after John's bicycle was smashed, he and Roger rode out to the Centerville dump. They liked to go to the dump once in a while to see if there was any interesting trash.
3rd Person
How are they different?
Fudge is a popular treat in America, but similar sweets can be found in other parts of the world. Tablet is the name of a Scottish dessert. Both desserts are made by boiling sugar, milk, and other ingredients until a drop of the mixture forms a soft, smooth ball when dropped into cold water. Like fudge, tablet is flat and usually cut into small squares. Unlike fudge, tablet does not usually contain chocolate.
Tablet does not contain chocolate.
What is a point of view?
A point of view is the particular attitude or way of considering a matter. (Perspective)
Choose the effect:
The game was cancelled because there was a tornado.
The game was cancelled.
Fact or Opinion
Restaurants ought to deliver their food more promptly.
Opinion
In our family, everyone treats everyone with great respect for his or her intelligence. That goes for the animals as well as the people. Everything that happens to them is explained to us. It's never been just "Good boy, Harold." . . . Oh no, with us it's "Hey Harold, Dad got a raise and now we're in a higher tax bracket."
1st Person
How are they the same?
Is a plain the same thing as a prairie? Many people confuse the two words. Plains are large, flat areas of land. A prairie is a type of plain, so it is also a large, flat stretch of land. The main difference is that a prairie is covered with grass, whereas a plain may have different kinds of plants. Prairies also have the prairie dog, which is a member of the squirrel family.
They are both large, flat stretches of land.
What is an effect?
Give an example.
An effect is what happens because of the cause.
Examples will vary.
Choose the cause:
I got soaked at the baseball game as a result of not bringing my umbrella.
Not bringing my umbrella
Fact or opinion:
About three-fourths of a potato is just water.
Fact
"I'll race you to the corner, Ellen!" Annemarie adjusted the thick leather pack on her back so that her schoolbooks balanced evenly. "Ready?" She looked at her best friend.
Ellen made a face. "No," she said, laughing. "You know I can't beat you—my legs aren't as long. Can't we just walk, like civilized people?" She was a stocky ten-year-old, unlike lanky Annemarie.
3rd Person
Two reasons they are different?
What is the difference between a moon and a planet? For one thing, a planet moves in an orbit around a star. By contrast, a moon orbits around a planet. Also, a planet must be big enough to clear smaller objects out of its orbit by destroying them or changing their path. A moon, on the other hand, is not big enough to clear other objects out of its orbit.
The way they orbit and a planet is bigger to clear objects out of its orbit.
What is a cause?
Give an example.
A cause is something that happens.
Examples will vary.