True or false: Is the question below is a cause/effect question? What if you could have a party and invite anyone (dead or alive), which people would you invite?

True or false: Is the statement below is an example of a causal chain? If your mom forgets to buy gas, then you will run out of gas on the way to school, and then you will be late and get detention.

True or false: Does the information below about polar bears show the focus on causes method of the essay? I. Introduction • Hook • Background information • Thesis statement II. Body • dangerous swimming conditions • scarcity of food • reduced population III. Conclusion • restated thesis • suggestion/opinion/prediction

The thesis statement below shows the ... method. Notwithstanding many people’s opinion that the weather has little influence in their lives besides determining what clothes they wear on a particular day, the weather has in fact caused world history to radically shift in important ways that are still felt today.