Connectors

Cause-Effect– Newton's Cradle

	COORDINATING	CORRELATIVE	SUBORDINATING	TRANSITION
	These occur mid-sentence and join two independent clauses. A comma is placed before the conjunction. He saw starving children, so he decided to help. He decided to help, for he knew they could be saved.	These occur paired and are used to join equivalent sentence elements such as one noun or noun phrase with another noun or noun phrase. He raised so much money that they were able to create a food bank. He raised such a large amount of money that they were able to create a food bank.	These occur at the beginning of sentences (with a comma separating the clause mid-sentence) or they occur mid-sentence with no comma. The children grew because they had food. Because they had food, the children grew.. The children grew because of the food.	These can be used at the beginning of sentences. They transition the reader from the thought of one sentence or paragraph to the thought in the next. People helped. As a consequence, the children survived. People helped; as a consequence, the children survived.
Cause	*for (reason or cause)	so . . . that (emphasis on cause) such . . . that (emphasis on cause)	because, since, now that, as, as long as, inasmuch, because of, due to, owing to	For this reason, For all these reasons
Effect	so (result)		so that (purpose-result) in order that (purpose-result)	Therefore, Consequently, As a consequence, As a result, Thus, Hence

COORDINATING

CORRELATIVE

SUBORDINATING

TRANSITION

These occur mid-sentence and join two independent clauses. A comma is placed before the conjunction.

He saw starving children, so he decided to help.
He decided to help, for he knew they could be saved.

These occur paired and are used to join equivalent sentence elements such as one noun or noun phrase with another noun or noun phrase.

He raised so much money that they were able to create a food bank.
He raised such a large amount of money that they were able to create a food bank.

These occur at the beginning of sentences (with a comma separating the clause mid-sentence) or they occur mid-sentence with no comma.

The children grew because they had food.
Because they had food, the children grew..
The children grew because of the food.

These can be used at the beginning of sentences. They transition the reader from the thought of one sentence or paragraph to the thought in the next.

People helped. As a consequence, the children survived.
People helped; as a consequence, the children survived.

Cause

*for (reason or cause)

so . . . that (emphasis on cause)
such . . . that (emphasis on cause)

because, since, now that, as, as long as, inasmuch, because of, due to, owing to

For this reason, For all these reasons

Effect

so (result)

so that (purpose-result)
in order that (purpose-result)

Therefore, Consequently, As a consequence, As a result, Thus, Hence

*rarely used

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#	YOUR RESPONSE	FEEDBACK
1.	my computer froze, I had to restart it.
2.	I couldn't get it to start again the battery was dead.
3.	I had left it on all day ; , it was dead.
4.	to find a job, I had to rewrite my resume.
5.	I had a "splitting headache" today. It became bad that I had to take a break.
6.	cell phones have come down so much in price, everyone seems to have a one.
7.	People choose Apple computers their ease of use.	Noun Phrases
8.	Other people prefer to use PCs they are more universally used.
9.	Why did you buy an iphone? I bought one I could access the Internet from almost anywhere.	"So" phrases (so...that, so that, so)
10.	Cell phones offer amazing features that people don't have to carry a laptop, navigational system, ipod or camera when traveling.

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