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 these sentences._____, the people of Philadelphia were not as safe as they believed after the first frost. Additional cases of yellow fever were reported in December.Which transition word best introduces the first sentence?
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
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 sentences.By late summer 1793, the yellow fever epidemic had taken hold of Philadelphia. _____ Henry Knox feared catching the fever if he remained there, he fled to Manhattan Island.Which transition word best connects the ideas?
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 sentences.When the fever seemed to be near an end, the city of Philadelphia became active once again. _____ shops opening and people coming out of their homes, ships began to sail on the river.Which transition phrase best connects the ideas?
Read these sentences.Many of Philadelphia's residents left the city when they heard about the yellow fever outbreak. Others locked themselves in their homes. _____ action guaranteed their safety.Choose the correct transition word.
Read these sentences. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson stayed away from Philadelphia during the epidemic of 1793. _____ man caught the illness. James Madison was _____ spared.Which transition words or phrases best connect the ideas?
Read these excerpts from Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times: 1769–1776 and The Loyalists of Massachusetts.Fiction: Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times: 1769–1776With her father, mother, and Tom she had quit drinking tea; why should she not persuade others to banish it from their tables? A thought came to her . . . . She dipped her pen into the ink, reflected a moment, and then wrote her thought: "We, the daughters of patriots, who have stood and do now stand for the public interest, with pleasure engage with them in denying ourselves the drinking of foreign tea, in hope to frustrate a plan that tends to deprive the community of its rights."In her enthusiasm she walked the floor, thinking of those whom she would ask to sign it.Nonfiction: The Loyalists of MassachusettsThree hundred women of Boston, heads of families, among them many of the highest standing, had, as early as February, 1770, signed an agreement not to drink any tea until the impost clause of the revenue acts was repealed. The daughters of liberty, both north and south, did the same. The young women of Boston followed the example of their mothers, and subscribed to the following pledge:"We, the daughters of those patriots who have, and do now appear for the public interest, and in that principally regard their posterity, as such do with pleasure engage with them in denying ourselves the drinking of foreign tea, in hopes to frustrate a plan that tends to deprive a whole community of all that is valuable in life."How are these two excerpts similar?
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