It is using words to try to convince someone of an idea
Answer:
caused; past tense
Explanation:
I am assuming you are asking for the tense the word "cause" should be in. Since recent implies that the flood has already occurred, in the recent past, "cause" should be in the past tense.
I was cooking as a beginner and my food blackened as I realized it was burning!
Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death. It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing.
