3.7 Introducing Nonfiction Text Structures

Cause and Effect

This passage discusses ways in which pizza has effected health. It is organized as cause and effect.

Pizza is often viewed as a junk food, and it is true that some pizzas are high in salt, fat, and calories, but there may also be some benefit to eating pizza.  Some studies have found that lycopene, an antioxidant that exists in tomato products that are often used in pizza, may prevent some forms of cancer.  Dr. Silvano Gallus, of the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmaceutical Research in Milan, studied the eating habits of people who developed cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and colon.  He concluded that people who ate pizza at least once a week had significantly less chance of developing these cancers.  Here’s to your health.

In your Learning Guide, give the main idea of the paragraph and fill the details from the paragraph in point form into the cause and effect text graphic provided.