Cause-and-Effect Structure in an Informational Text

Question 1

Read the excerpt from "Standing Out in a Crowd."For instance, Joe Wos is a cartoonist who started a campaign. He wanted to raise money to self-publish a children's book called The Three Little Pigsburghers. He wrote the story the way people in the city of Pittsburgh talk. People in that city got excited about the book. They had never seen the tale told in this way, so they wanted the book to be published.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Joe Wos wanted to publish a book.

Question 2

Read the excerpt from "Standing Out in a Crowd."Sterling went to school to become an engineer. But few women were in her classes. She learned that only eleven percent of engineers are women. This caused her to want to get more girls interested in engineering. She wanted to invent a toy that girls would use to build things.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

There were few women in her engineering classes.

Question 3

Which signal word shows cause?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

since

Question 4

Read the sentence.Ernesto practiced layups at the basketball court every day after school.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Ernesto became a much better basketball player.

Question 5

A cause and effect structure focuses on

Revolt · Accepted Answer

why things happen.

Cause-and-Effect Structure in an Informational Text Answers

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