American Plague
Who was in office at the the close of the 18th century?
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson
To decay or rot
Putrefied
Words below/beside photographs or illustrations explaining why it’s there
Captions
Mortality
Death
Extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
Who was the main doctor of the story?
Dr. Benjamin Rush
To put somewhere away from others
Quarantine
A drawn photograph that shows something important in text
Illustration
To continue, repeat without giving up
Persistent
Author’s attitude towards a subject
Tone
When does George Washington resume running the government?
October 28
Intending to do harm
Malicious
A line of text serving to indicate what the passage
Heading
Harmful, poisonous or unpleasant
Noxious
Author’s way of giving reader’s hints
Foreshadowing
What did Rev. J. Henry Helmuth believe about the disease?
The fever was a sign of God’s wrath
A fatal epidemic disease
Pestilence
Information presented in visual form to tell you where something is or where it happened
Map
Destructive or damaging
Devastating
How the author uses words/phrases to create a mental image
Imagery
What society did blacks start for blacks?
Free African Society
Not wanting to wait, wanting it right away
Impatient
A list of books, magazines, and articles mentioned in a text
Bibliography
A place where medicine is sold
Apothecary
General feeling or atmosphere of a writing piece
Mood