Cause and Effect
Identify the cause and effect:
My best friend has allergies, so she cannot have any pets.
What is:
Cause: My best friend has allergies.
Effect: She cannot have any pets.
Cinderella and Snow White aren't the only fairy tales ever told. The library has ethnic fairy tales from all around the world! There you can find fairy tales from other countries such as Russia, China, Sweden, and Africa. You won't believe all the different stories!
What is: The library has ethnic fairy tales from all around the world.
The sun made the lake water shimmer.
Define the word shimmer.
What is to sparkle or shine?
"Please do not call between one and four," Dad said patiently to the caller. After hanging up, he told my sister and me to play in our room. He would be working in his home office. Our new baby brother had finally lain down. Mom was very tired and she needed this time to rest.
Infer what time this is occuring.
What is in the afternoon?
Define personification.
What is when you give human qualities or actions to something that isn't human, like an object or animal?
Identify the cause and effect:
The building was torn down to make room for a new school.
What is:
Cause: A new school will be built where a building stands.
Effect: The building was torn down.
Jane was asked to write a poem. It would be in their class paper. Since April is "Keep America Beautiful" month, Jane wrote a poem about trash. She wanted people to stop throwing trash on the ground. Every day, she saw litter on the side of the road. She even saw bags of trash dumped into a stream near her house. She hated seeing all of it. She hoped her poem would get people excited about cleaning up. It got her excited!
What is: Jane wrote a poem about trash.
The lab procedure, such as the steps for mixing liquids, should be used to keep everyone safe.
Define the word procedure.
What is an established way of doing something (steps to follow)?
We decided not to go on vacation. We would have had to travel 300 miles each way. It would have cost us far too much money now. It was an unnecessary trip since we had a limited budget for fuel. I hope things will change so we can go again.
Make an inference about as to why the group decided to cancel their trip.
What is gas prices were too high?
The cool breeze whispered through the trees.
The window shutters laughed at the storm.
Explain what is being personified.
What is window shutters?
Identify the cause and effect:
The boy's shoes were muddy, and he left them at the back door.
What is:
Cause: The boy's shoes were muddy.
Effect: He left them at the back door.
The Hawaiian alphabet has only twelve letters. They are A, E, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, U, and W. That is all five of our vowels but only seven consonants! The people of Hawaii mainly speak English now, but they still know and use some Hawaiian words.
What is: The Hawaiian alphabet has only twelve letters.
The sky was dark and eerie looking before the storm.
Define the word eerie.
What is strange and frightening?
Karen is baking a cake. She is using a box mix. She added some eggs and then put it in the oven. When it was all done, she iced it.
InferMake an inference about Karen's location.
What is the kitchen?
Explain what is being personified.
The pages of the book waved in the breeze.
What is the pages of the book?
Identify the cause and effect:
Hosi was very upset when his fly ball was caught.
What is:
Cause: Hosi's fly ball was caught.
Effect: Hosi was very upset
Which is the biggest mammal? Is it the elephant? The rhinoceros? How about the hippopotamus? All of those mammals are big. The elephant is the biggest of them. It weighs about 5 tons. However, even the elephant is not the biggest mammal. The biggest mammals of all are sea mammals. Whales can weigh many tons. The biggest of all - the blue whale - can weigh in at 130 tons!
What is the biggest Mammal?
John Public committed an offense when he robbed the bank.
Define the word offense.
What is an illegal act?
The morning breeze warmed the boy's cheeks as he walked. He swung a stick and whistled a tune. The tall grass tickled his bare feet. It wasn't long before he felt hungry. When he came to the pecan tree, he swung his stick over his head. Something small and hard hit his shoulder.
Make an inference about what hit the boy.
What is a pecan?
Explain what is being personified.
The dry, brown flowers begged for water.
What are flowers?
Identify the cause and effect:
He got checked out of school early since he had a dentist appointment.
What is:
Cause: He had a dentist appointment.
Effect: He got checked out of school early
Some people think that Vikings were the first to reach the New World. They found it almost 500 years before Columbus. If their colonies had survived, we might be speaking Norse!
What is the Vikings came to the New World first?
She is a connoisseur of many types of art, so we should trust her opinion.
Define the word connoisseur.
What is an expert judge of something?
Jenna walks into the kitchen, sees the dirty dishes piled high in the sink, and sighs before rolling up her sleeves and grabbing a sponge.
Make an inference about Jenna's feelings and personality.
What is responsible and maybe a little frustrated?
The wind whispered secrets through the trees as the moon peeked shyly from behind a blanket of clouds.
What are the wind and the moon?