ACT Preparation / Unit 6 ACT 0502 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution
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The idea
Two more patterns develop ideas: cause and effect, which names causes and then results or the reverse, and problem and solution, which describes a problem and what might be done.
In practice
A paragraph on a flood can move from heavy rain, the cause, to drowned fields, the effect.
Where people slip
In these patterns, order carries logic: a result needs its cause nearby.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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