Question

Refer to Inside Out and Back Again for a complete version of this text.

Which answer is an example of a cause-and-effect relationship in the story?
O "From now on / he's to work / only on engines."
O 'I used to buy less pork / so I could buy fried dough."
O "It's time to tell Mother / why misery / keeps pouncing on me."
O " used to like making the girl / who shared my desk cry."

Answer 1

The example of a cause-and-effect relationship in the story is: "It's time to tell Mother why misery keeps pouncing on me." This sentence implies that there is a cause (something that is making the narrator miserable) and an effect (the narrator being repeatedly attacked by misery).

Answer 2

The example of a cause-and-effect relationship in the story is: "It's time to tell Mother why misery keeps pouncing on me." This sentence implies that there is a cause (something that is making the narrator miserable) and an effect (the narrator being repeatedly attacked by misery).