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1. cause and effect texts explain why things happen in terms of reasons and results.
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oh the house is on fire!!!
D - The cake is burned; and so we'll have to bake another one.
When using a semi-colon to combine two independent clauses (in a compound sentence), you much also use a coordinating conjuction. Option D is the only one with the coordinating conjunction (and).
A. using the dictionary is the only necessary step in the process of vocabulary building.