Yellow Fever
The Speckled Band
Grammar
Essay Building
100

The doctor who passed away after allowing a mosquito to bite him

What is Dr. Lazear?

100

The real meaning of "the speckled band"

What is a snake?

100

The three parts of a complete sentence

What is  subject, predicate, complete idea?

100

The names of the four paragraphs in an essay

What is introduction, body paragraph 1, body paragraph 2 and conclusion?

200

The doctor who was hung up on the bacteria theory, even after others had moved on

Who is Dr. Carroll?

200

The man convicted of murder and other violent crimes

Who is Dr. Grimsby Roylott?

200

What A.P.E. stands for 

What is "Answer the question, Proof from the text" and Explain?"

200

The three pieces of a successful introduction 

What is hook, background information and claim?

300

The original creator of the mosquito theory

Who is Dr. Finlay?

300

The two exotic animals kept at Stoke Moran

What is a cheetah and a baboon?

300

A great strategy for text analysis when you're taking a test

What is read, reread, reflect, respond?

300

What is the purpose of a hook?

What is to get the reader's attention?

400

The other animal we discovered could carry yellow fever after reading about modern-day yellow fever in Brazil

What is a monkey?

400

The name of Sherlock's assistant

Who is Watson?

400

FOUR situations where you should always capitalize

What is the letter "i" by itself, the first letter of a sentence, titles, the first letter after quotes, and proper nouns?

400

The most important part of your essay (aka the argument)

What is claim?

500

The scientific name of the bacteria that the team originally thought caused yellow fever

What is bacillus iceteroids?

500

The method which the snake used to climb down to Julia's bed

What is the bell rope?

500

The word that should always be included in your E explanation

What is "because?"

500

The two sentences which break off from your claim and introduce your body paragraphs

What is topic sentences?

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