Name:________________________________________________Date:__________________Ms. Estes Pd._____
Fever 1793 Test Review Sheet
Use your completed study guide and the chapters on Ms. Estes’ classroom webpage to study
the following terms and elements in preparation for the Monday, 6/11 test on the novel.
Be able to use these terms to describe parts of Fever 1793:
 exposition (the basic situation at the beginning of the novel)
 setting (where and when the story takes place)
 theme (what the author wants the reader to learn from reading the story)
 rising action (what events happen leading up to the climax)
 climax (the high point of the action or turning point in the story)
 resolution/conclusion (how does everything turn out)
 antagonist (who or what works against the main character)
 protagonist (who is the main character/the hero of the story)
 suspense (what “keeps you on the edge of your seat)
 static (what character(s) stay(s) the same throughout the story)
 dynamic (what character(s) change(s) as a result of events in the story)
 first person (told from one person’s point of view—I, me, my)
 third person limited (told from an outsider who only knows one character)
 third person omniscient (told from an outsider who only knows all characters)
 foreshadowing (what hints are there that things may happen later)
 conflict: (what is/are the main problem(s) in the story)
person vs. technology
person vs. self
person vs. person physical
person vs. person verbal
person vs. nature
person vs. society
* Review the vocabulary words and their meanings!
Know the significance of the following characters and terms:
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Rev. Allen
Dr. Rush
Dr. Girard
Joseph
Nell
Eliza
The Olgilvies
Nathaniel
Grandfather
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Mother
Mrs. Flagg
George Washington
sword
coffeehouse
Philadelphia
bleeding
frost
apothecary