Read the following sentence that contains informational text. Determine which type of word or phrase relationship is being used. The roads of New Orleans remained flooded due to the hurricane.

(1 point)

part/whole relationship

cause/effect relationship

item/category relationship

analogy relationship

The correct answer is the cause/effect relationship

Explanation:

In the sentence " The roads of New Orleans remained flooded due to the hurricane", the word "due to" shows that the first element "The roads of New Orleans remained flooded" is a consequence of the second element "the hurricane". This means it was the hurricane the one that caused the flood, and in the same way the flood is an effect of the hurricane. In this context, the phrase shows a cause/effect relationship between the flooded roads and the hurricane.

(cause/effect relationship)

Explanation:

First, to figure out the relationship in a sentence,

you must look at the transition words.

In this sentence, the transition words would be:

The word "due" kind of gives it away. After that word, there would come the cause or effect.

Therefore, (cause/effect relationship) for this sentence would be the correct relationship.

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