Choose whether the given statements display: fact-opinion or cause-effect. (i) I was diagnosed with a tumour in my spine. (ii) I had a surgery and was told that I would be bound to a wheelchair for the rest of my life.
The given pair of statements displays a cause-effect relationship.
Statement (i) states, "I was diagnosed with a tumour in my spine." This medical diagnosis serves as the cause or the initiating event.
Statement (ii) states, "I had a surgery and was told that I would be bound to a wheelchair for the rest of my life." This represents the effect or the outcome of the previous event. Because the diagnosis directly led to the surgery and its resulting prognosis, the second statement is a direct consequence of the first. Furthermore, both statements are factual events rather than personal beliefs, eliminating the possibility of a fact-opinion relationship.
Explanation
The statements display a cause-effect relationship because the diagnosis of a spinal tumour (statement i) is the cause that directly led to the surgery and the prognosis of being bound to a wheelchair (statement ii). Both statements are factual, so it is not a fact-opinion pair.
Solution Steps
Step 1: Analyze statement (i) as the initiating event (cause).
Step 2: Analyze statement (ii) as the resulting outcome (effect).
Step 3: Conclude that since one event directly led to the other, it is a cause-effect relationship.