Read this excerpt from The American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793.No one would ever know precisely how many Philadelphians died of yellow fever in 1793. Many of those who traditionally kept such count—ministers, sextons, and city officials—had either fled the city or been ill themselves. The best estimates put the number of victims at between four and five thousand men, women, and children. What was clear to all was that life would never be the same. The fear had gone too deep, the losses were all too real and personal. Which excerpt from Fever 1793 connects to the historical account detailed in the excerpt?
Mason is preparing a presentation for the school board about the need for new computers in the media center. Which tone is most appropriate for this purpose?
Read the sentences."Wow!” exclaimed Melida. "Your ballgown dress is so pretty.”
Which idea from The American Plague best represents the central idea for the entire story?
Grace is making a public service advertisement video about the importance of learning a second language. What should be included in the conclusion of her PSA video?
Read the sentences.Maxine felt very sad after she lost her lucky baseball cap. She looked throughout her house again and again, but she still couldn’t find it.
Read these two excerpts from The American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793.Excerpt A: Those returning found their city a changed place. The streets were remarkably clean, for one thing. The trash and garbage had been swept away; dead animals—cats, dogs, birds, and pigs—had been removed. Gone, too, were the beggars and homeless children.Excerpt B: Aside from the tiny red flags stuck on houses, there was no outward sign of the fever anywhere.Which of the mayor's orders in Fever 1793 connects to the historical accounts detailed in these excerpts?
Which types of multimedia are used in this PSA?
Read this excerpt from The American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793.Most doctors had predicted the fever would end when the cold weather returned. Almost all epidemics followed the same pattern, striking during warm weather, disappearing with the first hard frost. Daniel Defoe, in recording the end of the Black Death that visited London in 1665, wrote that "the winter weather came on apace [and] most of those that had fallen sick recovered, and the health of the city began to return." Which excerpt from Fever 1793 connects to the historical account detailed in the excerpt?
Read this excerpt from Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times: 1769–1776 by Charles Carleton Coffin.Paul Revere sees the muzzle of the pistol within a foot of his breast, but it does not frighten him."Ah, gentlemen, you have missed your aim.""What aim?""You won’t get what you came for. I left Boston an hour before your troops were ready to cross Charles River. Messengers left before me, and the alarm will soon be fifty miles away. Had I not known it, I would have risked a shot from you before allowing myself to be captured."Which statement best describes the characterization techniques used in this excerpt?
Read the passage from The American Plague.Toward the end of October, Washington heard from Postmaster General Pickering that the fever seemed to be on the wane. A cold spell had swept in and with it a cleansing rain. Burials were falling in number, from a high of 120 on October 11 to half that number on October 21.This good news was followed almost immediately by a contradictory report from Comptroller Wolcott. After several good days in the city, he explained, warm weather reappeared and deaths increased, jumping to 82 on October 22. Wolcott advised the president to delay his return trip several more days.From the central ideas of these two paragraphs, the reader can conclude that
The most important idea in a text is the
When giving a multimedia presentation, students should mostly appeal to an audience’s
How does the author use tone throughout Exploring the Titanic to help the reader understand the text?
Read this sentence from Exploring the Titanic.So to save time and make the search easier, I decided to look for the debris field, instead of the Titanic.Which sentence from the passage explains the meaning of debris field?
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