Question

Which sentence from “Island of Hope, Island of Tears” contains both a cause and an effect?

A. “Salvatore, Giuseppe Sicurella's brother, was employed as a barber.”
B. “Her brother placed a housework-wanted ad in a local paper, and Katherine was soon hired as a governess with a wealthy family.”
C. “He was 22 years old and felt a responsibility to help his mother and 12 brothers and sisters.”
D. “His brother Salvatore followed in 1908 and their siblings Antonio, Maria Anna, and Angelina joined them in 1913.”

Answer 1

B: placed a sign (cause) was hired (effect)

Answer 2

Answer: The sentence that contains both a cause and an effect is B. “Her brother placed a housework-wanted ad in a local paper, and Katherine was soon hired as a governess with a wealthy family”.

Step-by-step explanation: Different logical relationships can be established between sentences or within the same sentence. One of them is the cause-effect relationship, which consists in presenting an event and its consequence or effect. In sentence B., the fact that her brother placed an ad in the newspaper is the cause of Katherine's hiring. In that way, the fact that Katherine was hired as governess is the effect of the idea presented in the first clause.