Sherlock
Yellow Fever
Comparative Essays
Vocabulary
Writer Moves
100

Who is the protagonist of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band".

Sherlock Holmes

100

What disease did the investigative team find the cause of?

Yellow Fever

100

What is the first paragraph of a comparative essay called?

The Introduction

100

What does it mean to look at or study something closely?

Analyze

100

What do we call words that describe something?

Descriptive Words

200

Who is the narrator of the story?

Dr. John Watson
200

Who was the head of the Yellow Fever investigative team?

Dr. Walter Reed

200

What does a comparative essay do?

Compares two or more things!

200

What is another word for your point of view or how you see things?

Perspective

200

What is it called when two or more characters speak?

Dialogue
300

What killed Julia Stoner?

A snake (Death Adder)

300

Where was Camp Lazear located? In which country?

Cuba

300

What two texts are our comparative essays comparing?

"Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Speckled Band" and "The Secret of the Yellow Death: A True Story of Medical Sleuthing"

300

What is the word for finding or locating something?

Identify

300

What is it called when a character realizes something new?

Aha! Moment

400

What perspective is the story told in?

First-Person Perspective

400

Which member of the Yellow Fever Team died during the investigation?

Dr. Jesse Lazear

400

What is another word for the main point of an essay that answers a question?

Claim

400

What is the word for editing or fixing the content of your writing?

Revise

400

What is it called when a character asks themselves a really, big, deep question?

Tough Question

500

Where do Dr. Roylott and Helen Stoner live?

Stoke Moran

500

Who first introduced "the Mosquito Theory"?

Dr. Carlos Finlay

500

What is the word for writing text evidence in your own words?

Paraphrasing

500

What do we call extra information that helps us figure out or understand the big picture?

Context

500

What is the beginning of a story or essay that grabs the readers attention called?

Hook

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