AP Language Cause and Effect Quiz

While process describes how something happens, cause and effect analyzes _____ something happens

why

This is another name for the most important cause

main cause

this is another name for a less important cause

contributory cause

this is a cause that closely precedes an effect and is therefore relatively easy to recognize

immediate cause

this is a cause that is less obvious, perhaps because it involves something in the past or far away

remote cause

this is what it's called when an effect is also a cause; for example, A causes B, B causes C, C causes D, and so on

causal chain

this is the logical fallacy that occurs when a person equates a chronological sequence with causality

post hoc

why is it incorrect to say "the reason is because", and how would one correct that mistake?

It's like saying "The reason for the reason". Instead say "the reason is that".

What part of speech is effect?

noun

What part of speech is affect?

verb