FEVER OF 1793

SETTING

• The coffeehouse is known as Mattie and her mother home.
• The coffeehouse also symbolizes a place where people gather.
• Oligive mansion was later turned into Bush Hill.
• Market stalls- stretched 3 blocks
• Eliza home- lived with her brother since her husband passed.

CHARACTERS

• Matilda- young, stubborn
• Mattie's Mom- mean, harsh
• Eliza- former slave, nice, kind-loving
• Grandfather- old veteran, likes adventures
• Dr. Benjamin Rush- a doctor who helped cure the fever.

THEME

• Accomplishing dreams- Mattie wants to go to Paris.
• Suffering- many people are dying and sick (Mattie got sick)
• Self-reliance- Mattie had to take care of her self when her grandfather got sick.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

• Simile- comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, using like or as.
• Metaphor- comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind.
• Hyperbole- exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken seriously.
• Onomatopoeia- the formation of a word from a sound used for effects.
• Imagery- language that causes people to imagine pictures in their mind.
• Foreshadowing- a warning or indication of a future event.
• Allusion- a statement that hints at something rather than being direct. An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly.
• Alliteration- the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
• Personification- giving places, objects, and other non-living things human abilities.
• Symbol- a thing that represents or stands for something else.

FIGURATIVE PART2

• Metaphor: the sweat on my neck turned to ice.
• Simile: My stomach flipped over like an egg in a skillet.
• Onomatopoeia: THUNK!
• Symbol: Yellow Fever

Bush Hill: a place where people thought they didn't take care of the patients when it was actually like a hospital