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Ellis Island National Monument Online: Cause-and-Effect Structure

Question 1 • 2026 Summer 305 ELA/ESOL CR_Grade 6

Which sentence from "Island of Hope, Island of Tears" is written using a cause-and-effect text structure?

Answer
A
Her brother placed a housework-wanted ad in a local paper, and Katherine was soon hired as a governess with a wealthy family.
B
After a brief courtship, he and Vida Dixon married and sailed to the United States in 1923.
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His brother Salvatore followed in 1908 and their siblings Antonio, Maria Anna, and Angelina joined them in 1913.
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The Sicurella family typified the kinds of professions many Italian immigrants undertook once they came to America in the early 1900s.
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