Saturday, May 1, 2010

Something about chapter 15

In chapter 15, it is mostly about cause and effect. What this chapter does is break down what cause and effect is and provide examples. In the simplest form, cause and effect is basicly when an action creates another action to happen. One example given from the book is "Spot caused me to wake up". This is a very weak cause and effect sentence because it does not state what did spot do to cause him to wake up. To fix this sentence so that it makes sense is "Spots barking cause me to wake up." This gives the action that spot did to cause him to wake up. In cause and effect sentences, the first action always should have a relationship with the second action. In the chapter, there are also sections that teach you specifics about cause and effect sentences such as generalizations and such. But this is the basics and i found this to be the most helpful.

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