CAUSE AND EFFECT
IRISH NICOLE B. GARCIA
DEFINITION
CAUSE
• a reason for an action or condition : motive. something that brings about an effect
or a result trying to find the cause of the accident. A person or thing that is the
occasion of an action or state a cause for celebration.
• Cause is the producer of an effect. It can be a person, thing, situation, fact, or any
other event that exists or acts in a way that can result to the happening of some
specific thing.
EFFECT
• Effect is something that is produced by a cause. It is the consequence or result of an
event that has happened. When you do something, it is expected to result in
something and the outcome or result is the effect.
WORDS USE TO SHOW CAUSE AND EFFECT
Therefore
Thus
(as a) consequence
Consequently
Due to
so
(as a) result
results in
leads to
since
owing to
effect
cause
if… then
affect
because (of)
reason
explanation
accordingly
EXAMPLE
Sentence:
• Because the alarm was not set, we were late for work.
• Since school was canceled, we went to the mall.
• Betty completed each task perfectly, therefore she was promoted.
Paragraph:
• The proper hygiene practices were being taught during the primary school years. However, some forget it when
they enter secondary school years, Which become the reason why there are pre-teens and teens that having a
problem with their hygiene like for example, body odor. Proper hygiene practices may seem basic but there are a
large number of people that lack information on hygiene. Such lack of information on hygiene leads to poor
hygiene practices that result in disease outbreaks within a society.