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Read these excerpts from Fever 1793 and The Summer of the Pestilence. Fiction: Fever
Read these excerpts from Fever 1793 and The Summer of the Pestilence.
Fiction: Fever 1793
A violent thunderstorm on Sunday cleared the air for a few hours, but when the sun came out Monday, it baked the streets until the rainwater rose in ghostly plumes of steam. I felt like a noodle over-boiled in the stewpot. And the bells continued to toll.
Nonfiction: The Summer of the Pestilence
During dry, warm days, the fever has seemed to spread but slowly; but when these chill northeasterly storms have come, it has taken whole sections of the city in a night.
In what way do the excerpts reveal setting?
Both use a character’s point of view to show setting.
Both use descriptive details to show setting.
Both use figurative language to show setting.
Both use facts to show setting.
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A rapidly growing population increases the requirements of demographic investment which at the same time reduces the capacity of the people to save.