First-Person Point of View in Fever 1793

First-Person Point of View in Fever 1793

I can examine the role of first-person point of view in engaging the reader

Multiple Choice

words that are used as substitutes for nouns

• specific

• narrative

• narrator

• point of view

• pronoun

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the voice or character telling a story

• specific

• narrative

• narrator

• point of view

• pronoun

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something that is clear and accurate

• specific

• narrative

• narrator

• point of view

• pronoun

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a text that tells a story

• specific

• narrative

• narrator

• point of view

• pronoun

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refers to who tells the story and how it is told

• specific

• narrative

• narrator

• point of view

• pronoun

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Eliza mumbled something under her breath that I couldn’t quite hear. When it came to strongheaded opinions, Eliza, my mother, and my grandfather were evenly matched. She untied her apron and hung it from the hook.

“Where are you going?” I asked.

–Fever 1793,

Laurie Halse Anderson

Write a pronoun that you see in the passage.

Open Ended

How can reading a fictional story about the past help you

understand history?

Multiple Choice

Read the passage from “Part of the Stew.”

I was mighty proud of our work. . . . I held on to a great hope that it would keep my father and my city safe.

In this passage, the narrator engages readers by

• describing the details of the setting.

• quoting another character.

• explaining another character’s actions.

• revealing his own thoughts and feelings.

Multiple Choice

Which excerpt from “Part of the Stew” connects the fictional text to a factual historical event?

• The following year, our family began a Deep South adventure.

• I found myself imagining who among us was spying for the enemy.

• As a fourteen-year-old, I was too young to serve, but my Pa suddenly became an army man.

• On the morning of January 8, 1815, the Redcoats made their attack.

Multiple Choice

Which pronoun signals a first-person narration?

• his

• you

• our

• they

Multiple Choice

Which sentence from Fever 1793 reveals a first-person point of view?

• "She also sent a note to the Ludingtons."

• "No word from them either, thank heavens."

• "The bright sun blinded me as I stepped outdoors."

• "Eliza wiped the sweat off her face with a handkerchief."

Multiple Choice

Which excerpt from Fever 1793 directly reveals a character's thoughts or feelings?

• Eliza scowled and waved a towel at the flies buzzing above the bowl.

• "Grandfather says this trouble will soon be over. He says people don’t have gumption anymore."

• "I’m glad they’ll stop ringing the bells," I said.

• "A neighbor threatened to burn the place down if the sick are not removed," explained Mr. Carris.

Multiple Choice

The narrator of Fever 1793 helps readers imagine the fear of living through the yellow fever outbreak by describing

• wealthy families fleeing the city.

• rainwater rising in ghostly plumes of steam.

• flies buzzing around a bowl of pudding.

• people running out of sugar.

Multiple Choice

Which first-person narration from Fever 1793 makes a historical fact or event come to life?

• "I gathered a handful of fronds, cut them at the base, and tied the bunch tightly with a piece of twine."

• "Andrew Brown's print shop smelled of ink and grease and the sweat of muscular apprentices carrying trays of lead type from the composing table to the printing press."

• "I silently counted on my fingers: twenty-eight days until the end of September, then on into October until the first frost."

• "Grandfather stayed silent until we approached a limping man dressed in dark rags, pushing a cart."