Cause and Effect

Kompetensi Dasar

3.24 Menganalisis fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan teks interaksi
transaksional lisan dan tulis yang melibatkan tindakan memberi dan meminta informasi
terkait hubungan sebab akibat, sesuai dengan konteks penggunaannya. (Perhatikan unsur
kebahasaan because of ..., due to ..., thanks to ...)

4.24 Menyusun teks interaksi transaksional lisan dan tulis yang melibatkan tindakan memberi
dan meminta informasi terkait hubungan sebab akibat, dengan memperhatikan fungsi sosial,
struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan yang benar dan sesuai konteks.

“ Everything happens for a reason”. Semua terjadi karena sebuah alasan.

Bukankah memang seperti itu semua hal yang terjadi di dunia ini, semua terjadi karena ada
penyebab atau alasannya.

Dalam bahasa inggris materi sebab dan akibat di kenal dengan istilah “ Cause and Effect”.

Pengertian Cause and Effect

Kalimat cause and effect biasa juga disebut dengan kalimat sebab-akibat atau kalimat kausalitas
adalah kalimat yang dibangun dengan melibatkan tindakan yang membuat sesuatu terjadi dan
hasil dari tindakan tersebut. Paling gampang ditandai dengan kata hubung yang menandakan
sebab akibat, misalnya: because, for, since, when, dan as.

Contoh 1

I was lost so I opened Google Maps (Saya tersesat sehingga saya membuka Google Maps)

Cause : I was lost

Effect : I opened Google Maps

Conjunction : so

Contoh 2

The journey was quite quick because the road was clear. (perjalanan cukup cepat karena jalanan
bersih dari hambatan )

Cause : the road was clear.

Effect : the journey was quite quick

Conjunction : because

Untuk lebih memahami tentang cause and effect, coba perhatikan peta konsep di bawah ini!

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 Cause and Effect

The reason or motive, for an action

Cause Why something happens

Happen first

Example:

It rained

What happened

Effect Happens due to cause

Result or conclusion of an action

Example :

I got wet

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 Clue Words for
Clue Words for Cause
Effect

As a result of…..
Because…. If …..
Since….. Consequently…..
Cause….. Effect…..
Reason…… Therefore …..
So that…. Thus …..
Unless ….
The main reason…..

Rumus Cause and Effect

Contoh :
Due to the rain, Anita missed
the bus.Boni is in bad grades as
a result of his lazinessMany
people get the disease as a
Connectors + kata benda (noun)as a result, as
consequences of the bad
consequences of, due to + Cause, + EffectEffect + as a result/
as consequences of/ due to + Cause weather.
Note: kalimat yang berwarna
merah merupakan kata hubung
(connector)

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 Rumus Cause and Effect
Connectors + Klausa (clause)as a result,
because, as, so, since, for + cause / +
effectEffect + as a result, because, as, so,
since, for cause
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Contoh :
As the school principal announced the new
regulation, all of the students following
it.Because the rain is not stopping, Martha buy
the umbrella.
For they cannot hiking in the mountain next
week, they choose to sleep all day.My brother
is winning the science competition since he is
so smart.
Mother has to cook in the morning, so she
wakes up early.My car has broke as a result I
must go to the seminar with motorcycle.
Note : kalimat yang berwarna merah adalah
kata hubung (connector)
Exercise

Write the Cause and Effect for each sentences

1. We forgot to set the alarm last night, so we all woke up late this morning.
Cause :………………………………………………………..
Effect:……………………………………………………………
2. Since we run out of eggs, I have to go to the store.
Cause:………………………………………………..
Effect:………………………………………………..
3. When the water starts to boil, the kettle whistles
Cause:…………………………………………..
Effect:……………………………………..
4. People lost their jobs because the machines took them over.
Cause:………………………………………….
Effect:………………………………………………….
5. Due to the difficult economic situation in the country, the criminal rate rises.
Cause:…………………………………………………..
Effect:……………………………………………………..