Prefix, Root, and Suffix
What is the root of the word "Predetermined"?
Determine
What is the name of the research that discovered the connection between deaths and the coming of a plague?
John Graunt
Who is baby Frances?
What is the meaning of the word "Preoccupied"?
A. Strange, unexpected
B. Totally absorbed in thought
C. To continue doing something
D. Doing something without thinking.
B. Totally absorbed in thought
Narration
To present a story or sequence of events
What is the suffix of the word "Intravenously"?
"ously"
How did Goodwoman Phillips get sick?
She picked up a dead rat in her kitchen and did not wash her hands afterward. The rat was carrying fleas that transmitted the disease.
What is a cesspool?
A place where people used to dump their waste?
What is the meaning of the word "inconsistencies"?
A. A situation in which two things do not match and are opposed.
B. Identical scenarios
C. A kind of pizza
D. None of the above
A. A situation in which two things do not match and are opposed.
Informational/explanatory
To inform or explain
What is the prefix of the word "International"?
"Inter"
When the doctor came to see Goody Phillips, what did he do to try and make her feel better? Did it work?
He bled her. No, it absolutely did not work.
Why do you think that everyone is getting cholera? Where could the plague have originated?
The water!!
Based on the following sentence, what is the meaning of the word "abounded"?
They still did not know what the cause of the illness could be. Theories abounded. Some speculated it was the polluted water.
Existing in large numbers.
Descriptive
To Describe
What is the prefix of the word "Comfortable"?
There is no prefix.
They boarded up the windows and doors and spray painted a cross on the door
What do Sarah and her husband decide to do after they learn that the town is leaving due to the spread of the disease?
Literally nothing. They stay where they are.
What is the meaning of the word "vigilance"?
A. Intelligent
B. Awareness
C. A kind of dance
D. Something that priests used in the old days
B. Awareness
Process
To describe the steps
What is the root of the word "Submerge"?
"Merge"
Explain John Graunt's theory
-Bills of mortality
-Deaths increase before a plague
-"Plague years were preceded by "sickly years""(23)
What is Yersinia Pestis?
Bacteria
What is the meaning of the word "intravenously"?
A. To take away
B. To give fluids to
C. Within the vein
D. Missing an arm
C. Within the vein
Argument
To express and support an opinion