Twain - Cause and Effect Relationships

Question 1

cause and effect

Answer 1

• make sure relationships are correctly linked together and have a logical flow
• can write cause then effect or effect then cause

Question 2

what caused the narrator not to notice the Pioneer’s words, as related in the underlined passage (sec. 21) of Twain’s “The Californian’s Tale”

Answer 2

• he was deep in his “own thinkings and strugglings”

Question 3

In Twain’s “The Californian’s Tale”, what effect did the following passage have on the narrator?
sec. 23: “that second glimpse broke down my good resolution”

Answer 3

• It caused the narrator to decide to stay and meet the Pioneer’s wife – to take the risk”

Question 4

what effect did the wife’s disappearance have on the neighbors, as related in the underlined passage (sec. 58) of Twain’s “The Californian’s Tale”

Answer 4

• it made them feel compassion for him

Question 5

what effect did the neighbors giving Henry a drink have, as related in the underlined passage (sec. 46-52) of Twain’s “The Californian’s Tale”

Answer 5

• it helped henry sleep through the critical time of her arrival which, of course, was not to be