Cause - Effect

Question 1

Cause - Effect Negative Example:

(The implication or direct claim that one thing causes, or is caused by, another when there is no well-formed logical support or demonstrable, sensory-based evidence to support a causal connection. Frequent words: makes, because, if…then, as…then, then, since, so.)

“Look what you made me do.”

Answer 1

Cause - Effect Positive Challenge:

“How exactly did I make you do that?”

Question 2

Cause - Effect Negative Example:

(The implication or direct claim that one thing causes, or is caused by, another when there is no well-formed logical support or demonstrable, sensory-based evidence to support a causal connection. Frequent words: makes, because, if…then, as…then, then, since, so.)

“Whenever you come along, our team loses.”

Answer 2

Cause - Effect Positive Challenge:

“So our team always wins when I am absent?”

Question 3

Cause - Effect Negative Example:

(The implication or direct claim that one thing causes, or is caused by, another when there is no well-formed logical support or demonstrable, sensory-based evidence to support a causal connection. Frequent words: makes, because, if…then, as…then, then, since, so.)

“It’s your own fault she left you because you didn’t like her music.”

Answer 3

Cause - Effect Positive Challenge:

“No woman has ever left a man who liked her music?”

Question 4

Cause - Effect (Internal Dialogue) Negative Example:

(The implication or direct claim that one thing causes, or is caused by, another when there is no well-formed logical support or demonstrable, sensory-based evidence to support a causal connection. Frequent words: makes, because, if…then, as…then, then, since, so.)

“I’m not responsible for my actions because my parents were abusive.”

Answer 4

Cause - Effect (Internal Dialogue) Positive Challenge:

“Children of abusive parents behave in different ways.”

Question 5

Cause - Effect (Internal Dialogue) Negative Example:

(The implication or direct claim that one thing causes, or is caused by, another when there is no well-formed logical support or demonstrable, sensory-based evidence to support a causal connection. Frequent words: makes, because, if…then, as…then, then, since, so.)

“If it weren’t for the economy, I’d be doing fine right now.”

Answer 5

Cause - Effect (Internal Dialogue) Positive Challenge:

“I could be doing fine right now, regardless of the economy.”

Question 6

Cause - Effect (Internal Dialogue) Negative Example:

(The implication or direct claim that one thing causes, or is caused by, another when there is no well-formed logical support or demonstrable, sensory-based evidence to support a causal connection. Frequent words: makes, because, if…then, as…then, then, since, so.)

“I didn’t call, so he killed himself.”

Answer 6

Cause - Effect (Internal Dialogue) Positive Challenge:

“Who have I not called who hasn’t killed himself?”