The document contains short stories from various students describing how a cause led to an effect which resulted in them realizing or understanding something new. Each story follows the pattern of describing an initial circumstance or belief, how that circumstance changed or their belief was challenged, and what they now know or think as a result. The stories are examples used to illustrate the concept of cause and effect.

1. Cause and Effect (Celeste Ramirez)
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I did this It caused this Now I know this
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Backfire (Armando Barrera)
But
Because of What I was So now I
instead
I did this __________ hoping for
→ → → → think
this
happened
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Wo… Wo… wonder (Re’Shell Kibler)
So I no longer
I used to Because wonder; now I
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But then this
wonder think...
happened
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2. Metamorphosis (Kelsey Mahan)
How you
How How you What you
How you
→ → → →
felt while
you felt felt after believe
feel now
it was
before it it now
happening
happened happened
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Changing Your Mind (Greg Herbst)
So then I But then So now I
But society
proved me
I believe believed this believe
→ → → →
wrong by
this this happened this
doing this
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With This In Mind (Ashley Brzostowski)
One With is in mind, One So now I
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true it will not be hardship that wonder
thing possible for ... will create
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3. Find the Truth Through Experience (Nanthan Hay)
Then I Now I
But I thought
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had this
I heard this think this
the opposite
experience
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Confusing Testimony (Jessie Tubs)
Then I And that Now I explain
Someone
checked it person set that 1st
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told me
with me person’s
(an inaccurate
someone straight misinformation
thing)
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The Real Deal (Amber Wojtek)
I saw I
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So now I
When
someone assumed...
understand ...
actually...
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4. A Box of Chocolates (Marco Vidaurri)
What you
What you
What How you
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really got
expected to get
happened reacted
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True Friends (Dash Dalrymple)
So I So now
My friend Then over time,
believed I think
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would they started/
this this
always do stopped doing this
this
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Change of Heart (Anissa Casteñeda)
Because Which
→
But this
→
I used to So now I
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I thought makes me
happened...
feel this... feel this...
this... think
that…
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5. Wishful Thinking (Gisela Navarro)
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One problem in Why it is What you wish it
the world this way would look like
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Crossing the River Again (Clayton Graham)
How the
How I now
A But since How it still
challenge
meet the
recurring then this
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first came
challenge
challenge happened me
up
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Hindsight Reflections (Amanda Grosch)
This bad How I should Rather than making the Now I
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situation have reacted best of a bad situation, know
happened how I did react
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6. “I have a dream” speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The disappointing
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The promise of Hope for
reality of
the past the future
the present
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Discovering a Lie (Alyssa Flores)
So I So now I
Someone Then I
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believed think/know
told me found out
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The Right Choice (Rebecca Dschuden)
My What my Now I
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problem friend thinks So I decided to ... think...
I should do
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7. “I have a dream” speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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What we can
What we got
What we wanted
do about it
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