Read these excerpts from Fever 1793 and The Summer of the Pestilence. Fiction: Fever 1793He picked up a broadsheet and read:On the advice from the College of Physicians:1. All persons should avoid those that are infected.2. The homes of the sick should be marked.3. Sick people should be placed in the center of large airy rooms without curtains and should be kept clean.4. We must supply a hospital for the poor.5. All bell tolling should cease immediately.6. The dead should be buried privately.Nonfiction: The Summer of the Pestilence [The panic] is owing mainly, however, I think, to the quarantine regulations, by which our communication with all the cities and towns around us, and even with some of the counties to which our citizens would naturally flee, has been cut off . . . .New York took the lead in this matter, issuing her quarantine order on the 30th of July. Since then, almost every mail has brought us the information that one place after another—Suffolk, Richmond, Petersburg, Welden, Hampton, Washington, Baltimore—has shut us out.What is the most important difference in the way the excerpts describe the regulations?
Read this excerpt from Fever 1793.I lifted my skirts and ran ahead of Grandfather. An unnamed fear shot through me. My eyes filled with tears."No, this is too much," Grandfather called angrily. "Sir," he shouted. "Take that away from my home. Off with you now and take your cargo, or I should call the constable."The characterization in this excerpt is meant to
Which excerpt from Fever 1793 contains an example of direct characterization?
Read this excerpt from Fever 1793.Eliza scowled and waved a towel at the flies buzzing above the bowl. "Pick me some fresh asparagus grass. These pests are a plague."What word does the author use to indicate how Eliza is feeling?
Read these sentences.The yellow fever epidemic caused problems for President Washington. _____, he was unable to access the public papers he needed.Which transition phrase best connects the ideas?
Read these excerpts from Angel Agnes andThe Summer of the Pestilence.Fiction: Angel AgnesFor awhile Agnes seemed to be wandering, or perhaps she was dreaming; for her eyes were closed as though in slumber, and a smile like she used to smile, flitted over her pale face, as she stretched out her arms to embrace some one.Nonfiction: The Summer of the Pestilence I found that Edmund had come home sick a little while before, with all the symptoms of yellow fever—violent pains in the head and back, a yellow infusion in the eyes, a dark coating down the middle of the tongue, while the edges of the tongue appeared almost raw, and a very rapid pulse.What statement best describes how death is shown in these excerpts?
Read these excerpts from Fever 1793 and The Summer of the Pestilence.Fiction: Fever 1793"Where are you going?" I asked. "Grandfather and I could run any errand you need.""Not this errand, you couldn’t." Eliza reached for her pretty straw hat. "The Free African Society is having a meeting about the fever. It should prove a lively gathering."Nonfiction: The Summer of the PestilenceOur citizens continue still from day to day to flee, until now, I do not think that more than one-third of our white population remain in the city. Of the coloured people but few have gone, partly on account of the difficulty of getting away, but more especially because the yellow fever is a disease from which they have, comparatively, very little to fear.In what way are the passages similar?
Read this excerpt from Fever 1793.Mr. Carris blew his nose loudly. "The president retires to Virginia for a respite every September. He is not a man to change his habits. Even if he called the Congress back, few would dare return. I tell you, William, men who stood unafraid before British cannon run in fear from this foul pestilence. I fear for Philadelphia. I fear for the people, I fear for myself."Which statement best describes the characterization in this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from Fever 1793.Andrew Brown's print shop smelled of ink and grease and the sweat of muscular apprentices carrying trays of lead type from the composing table to the printing press. When I was a child, Mr. Brown let me pick out letters and set them in the form. It had been a thrill seeing my words in print.The printer issued no invitation to me that morning. He was deep in conversation with Mr. Carris as we entered.Readers understand Andrew Brown's feelings based on his
Read these excerpts from Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times: 1769–1776 and The Loyalists of Massachusetts.Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times: 1769–1776Although the snow was deep in the streets, the drifts did not deter Berinthia from calling upon her friends. Many of the good ladies were ready to sign an agreement to drink no more tea; others hesitated. She was warmly welcomed by Mrs. Abigail Adams, who at once saw how great would be the influence of the women upon their husbands."But what shall we drink instead of tea?" asked Dorothy Quincy."When summer comes, we will go out into the fields and gather strawberry leaves, and call them Hyperion, or some other elegant name. . . .," Berinthia replied.The Loyalists of MassachusettsFrom this time forth tea was a proscribed beverage throughout the colonies. "Balsamic hyperion," made from the dried leaves of the raspberry plant; thyme, extensively used by the women of Connecticut; and various other substitutes came into general use.Which statement best compares the two excerpts?
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