A cause-and-effect relationship in a passage explains:

A Only the timeline

B Why something happened (cause) and what resulted from it (effect)

C Only the authors opinion

D Character motivations

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

Cause-effect relationships identify triggers (causes) and their outcomes (effects) in information.

💡 Why is B) the correct answer?

The correct answer to the question "A cause-and-effect relationship in a passage explains:" is Option B: Why something happened (cause) and what resulted from it (effect).

The other options — A) Only the timeline, C) Only the authors opinion, D) Character motivations — are incorrect for this DAT Exam Prep question. As explained above: Cause-effect relationships identify triggers (causes) and their outcomes (effects) in information.

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A cause-and-effect relationship in a passage explains:

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

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