Workshop+7+Cause+and+Effect

Terms: Cause: the reason something happens. It answers the question - why did it happen

Effect: the result, or what happened ; an outcome or consequence. It answers the question- what happened?

Why learn about cause and effect? It helps you to see how ideas fit together and leads to greater comprehension.

Signal Words and Phrases

Sentence starters:
 * therefore || ............... || thus ||
 * as a result ||  || nevertheless ||
 * because ||  || so ||
 * consequently ||  || this led to ||
 * for this reason ||  || if....then ||
 * since ||  || due to ||
 * so that ||  || owing to ||
 * The effect of this series of events is -.
 * So, that happened because.
 * That was a cause because --.
 * --lead that to happen because --.