The correct answer is cause-and-effect.
As the name itself says, cause and effect relationships have to contain a cause and an effect. A cause for an action is what motivates a character to do a particular thing, and the effect is the result of such actions. Obviously, these kinds of relationships could move the plot forward and give rise to new relationships and events within a story.
Yes
Imagine if you are at the store.
Would you say you
"Are shopping"
or
"Am shopping" or even "is shopping"
See what I mean?
Are shopping makes more sense, so verbs can be transitive.
D I know Bc I had this question
Answer:
I think it's the second one the search engine looks through all the text on the internet for a direct match to the words you typed