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Flashcard 1: What is the difference between a cause and an effect when explaining what happened and why?
Answer: Cause is why it happened; effect is what happened. Distinguishes the reason from the result.
Flashcard 2: Which option best shows an accurate procedure explanation: steps only or steps with purpose?
Answer: Steps with purpose (what to do and why to do it). Complete explanations include both actions and reasons.
Flashcard 3: Which question best helps you identify “why” something happened in a historical text?
Answer: What caused this event to happen. Directly asks for the reason behind an event.
Flashcard 4: Which question best helps you identify “what happened” in a scientific or technical text?
Answer: What occurred or what changed. Focuses on the actual event or transformation.
Flashcard 5: Identify the best way to cite evidence when explaining: paraphrase or give a text detail?
Answer: Give a specific text detail (quoted or paraphrased accurately). Both methods provide concrete textual support.
Flashcard 6: Which option is the best organizer for explaining a cause-and-effect relationship?
Answer: A cause-and-effect chart. Visually connects reasons to results.
Flashcard 7: What is the meaning of explaining a procedure in a technical or scientific text?
Answer: Describe the steps and the reason each step is done. Must include the purpose behind each action.
Flashcard 8: What is the meaning of explaining an event in an informational text for CCSS.RI.4.3?
Answer: Tell what happened and why, using details from the text. Requires both the action and its cause from the text.
Flashcard 9: Which option is the best organizer for explaining steps in order in a procedure?
Answer: A sequence chart (Step 1, Step 2, Step 3). Shows clear progression through numbered stages.
Flashcard 10: What does it mean to base an explanation on specific information in the text?
Answer: Use exact details from the passage, not personal opinions. Requires objective textual evidence, not subjective views.
Flashcard 11: Identify the cause in this sentence: “Because heavy rain fell, the river flooded.”
Answer: Heavy rain fell. "Because" introduces the reason for flooding.
Flashcard 12: Identify the effect in this sentence: “Because heavy rain fell, the river flooded.”
Answer: The river flooded. The result that follows from the cause.
Flashcard 13: Which option best completes the cause-effect link: “The bridge closed; as a result, .”
Answer: Traffic had to take a different route. Logical consequence of a closed bridge.
Flashcard 14: What is the meaning of explaining an idea or concept in an informational text?
Answer: State what it is and how it works, using text evidence. Requires definition and function with textual support.
Flashcard 15: Which text feature most directly helps you explain the order of steps in a procedure?
Answer: A numbered list of steps. Numbers clearly show sequential order.
Flashcard 16: Which signal words most often show cause and effect in informational text?
Answer: Because, since, therefore, as a result. These words explicitly link causes to their effects.
Flashcard 17: Which signal words most often show sequence in historical or technical text?
Answer: First, next, then, finally. These transition words indicate chronological order.
Flashcard 18: Identify the sequence word that signals the last step: first, next, then, finally.
Answer: Finally. Indicates the concluding step in a sequence.
Flashcard 19: Which sentence is the best explanation because it uses text evidence, not opinion?
Answer: “The text states the storm broke trees, so power went out.”. Cites specific text details rather than personal views.
Flashcard 20: Identify the missing “why” detail: “The plant wilted because .” Choose: no water or green leaves.
Answer: No water. Lack of water logically causes wilting.
Flashcard 21: Which transition word most strongly signals a cause: " the metal cooled, it became solid"?
Answer: Because. "Because" introduces the reason something happens.
Flashcard 22: Which transition word most strongly signals an effect: "The alarm rang; , everyone left"?
Answer: Therefore. "Therefore" shows the result or consequence.
Flashcard 23: Identify the purpose word: In "to prevent rust," what does the phrase show about the action?
Answer: It tells the reason (purpose) for the action. "To" phrases explain why an action is taken.
Flashcard 24: Choose the best evidence phrase: "The bridge collapsed because ."
Answer: a specific detail from the text that states the cause. Text evidence must directly state the reason.
Flashcard 25: Which statement is an evidence-based explanation and not an opinion: A) "It was unfair" B) "It happened after the law changed"?
Answer: B) "It happened after the law changed". Facts from text are evidence; feelings are opinions.
Flashcard 26: Find the cause: "The power went out after the storm knocked down lines." What is the cause?
Answer: The storm knocked down power lines. The storm is what made the power go out.
Flashcard 27: Find the effect: "The power went out after the storm knocked down lines." What is the effect?
Answer: The power went out. Losing power is the result of the storm damage.
Flashcard 28: Which is the best one-sentence explanation pattern for RI.4.3 (event + why), based on text evidence?
Answer: It happened when , because (using details from the text). Template combines event timing, reason, and text support.
Flashcard 29: What does it mean to explain a procedure in a technical or scientific text for RI.4.3?
Answer: Describe the steps and the reason each step is done, using text evidence. Shows both the how (steps) and why (purpose) with proof from text.
Flashcard 30: Which question best helps you identify the "why" in a historical or scientific text?
Answer: What caused it, or what was the purpose. Focuses on finding reasons and purposes in the text.