Fever 1793 is full of figurative language. Locate 2 examples for each
chapter (there are many, many similes) and record them in your interactive journal.Be sure to include how the examples of figurative language add meaning to the
story or how does it helps you to understand what you are reading. Challenge: The writing is also very poetic.Find an example of a poetic passage and
share it in your journal. Here is an example from Ch.3 #14.
In Chapter 10, we feel the panic of those who fled the city. Why are people panicked to leave? Where did they go? How did they leave the city? Who stayed? Why did people stay? In order to better understand today and tomorrows readings, lets go on a virtual tour of the city of Philadelphia in 1793.
In Chapter 9, we are introduced to the conflicting views of the doctors. We see again the word, pestilence: a fatal epidemic disease. Think back to the poem we studied, Pestilence by Phillip Freneau. What was the tone of that poem? How did he feel about the doctors? We are also introduced to Rev. Allen (Richard Allen) and Dr. Rush. What do you remember learning about them when you did the internet workshop?
We learn for the first time what yellow fever looks, feels, and sounds like. Mattie describes her mother:
#67 Mother shivered so hard, her teeth rattled... She lay under the faded bedding like a rag doll losing its stuffing, her hair a wild collection of snake on the pillow, her cornflower blue eyes poisoned with streaks of yellow and red. It hurt to look at her. Her face was pulled taut in pain, and she jerked in her sleep. #68 The tops of her hands were roped with muscle and veins, but her skin was wrinkled and soft. ... Mother flew off the pillows and was violently ill, vomiting blood all over the bed and floor. Her eyes rolled back in her head.
Let's study the following video to get another picture of what the victims of Yellow Fever might have had to endure.
