Everybody gets the flu sometimes. It is a quite a common occurrence. In fact, about five to twenty percent of the United States population get the flu each year. Many may not know this, but “flu” is actually an abbreviation. An abbreviation for what, one might ask? Well, it is short for influenza. Influenza is a virus that attacks the respiratory system and usually causes minimal damage to the average healthy person. However, there are other viruses that one’s immune system is not able to fight so easily. While most strains of influenza are taken care of by one’s body in about two weeks, other viruses such as marburg and ebola that the body cannot easily fight and almost always results in an excruciatingly horrible and bloody death for the individual who gets it.
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In the narrative nonfiction text, The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston, the author utilizes various types of figurative language so eloquently that it brings the story to life and immerses the reader in such a way that she/he can vividly imagine the events unfold in their minds as if they were occurring right in front of
In the narrative nonfiction text, The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston, the author utilizes various types of figurative language so eloquently that it brings the story to life and immerses the reader in such a way that she/he can vividly imagine the events unfold in their minds as if they were occurring right in front of