Cause and Effect
Name ____________________________________________________________________
In literature, a story’s plot is enhanced by the connection of events. This connection is made in the
form of cause and effect.
Effect: What happened
Cause: Why it happened
For the following events below, list the missing cause or effect.
Cause: Why it happened
Effect: What happened
1.
Todd Amos told his parents that Bud attacked
him.
2.
Bugs threw Bud’s suitcase from the train.
3.
A stranger pretended to be Bud’s father so that
Bud could eat with him and his family.
4.
Bud saw a box on the seat of Lefty’s car that said
URGENT: CONTAINS HUMAN BLOOD!!
5.
Herman E. Calloway was too hard on his
daughter.
Bud, Not Buddy
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