Scrooge
Scrooge's full name
What is Ebenezer Scrooge?
The author's purpose of writing the play (theme)?
What is to teach humans that money is not everything, you should be kind to others, or to show that generosity is important?
The name of Scrooge's business partner
Who is Jacob Marley?
“Nobody in his dressing-gown, which was hanging up in a suspicious attitude against the wall.”
What is personification?
The subject of the sentence:
"Tears streamed down Ashley's face this morning."
Tears
What is greed, wealth, and all of the bad things about humanity during the holiday time?
The author's purpose of including the scene where Fred and his friends made fun of Scrooge during charades
What is to show Scrooge how other people view him and his behavior?
The name of the boy sitting alone in the school house with the Ghost of Christmas Past
Who is "Scrooge?"
The type of figurative language used when Scrooge's fiance calls money an idol that has replaced her
What is a metaphor?
Revise the Sentence:
The men watched in amazement as the kernels started to explode the first microwaved food was created!
The men watched in amazement as the kernels started to explode, and the first microwaved food was created!
Three examples of Scrooge's rudeness in the first few pages
What is yelling at the boy caroling? What is not allowing Cratchit to put more logs in the fire? What is denying his nephew's invitation? What is saying the poor should die and decrease the surplus population?
The author's purpose of including the scene where Scrooge told Cratchit he would raise his salary
What is to show the change in Scrooge's character?
The name of the first ghost to visit Scrooge
Who is Jacob Marley?
“No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty.”
What is personification?
The best way to combine these sentences into a compound sentence:
There was a heavy downpour predicted in the forecast. People were walking their dogs early today.
There was a heavy downpour predicted in the forecast, so people were walking their dogs early today.
At least two examples of things from Scrooge's childhood that made him a bitter person
What is his fiance leaving him? What is no one wanting to be his friend in school? Who is his abusive father? What is his sister dying young?
The author's purpose for including Dickens narrating the story
What is to help narrate a hidden warning of how our attitude should be during Christmas time to others?
Scrooge's second visitor to come to his shop on Christmas Eve
Who are the two service organization men asking for money?
The significance of repeating the simile ( "dead as a doornail") concerning Jacob Marley at the beginning of the play
What is to emphasize his death to the reader to support their understanding of the situation being a miracle?
The requirements of a compound sentence
What is two independent clauses (or complete/ simple sentences) combined by a comma and conjunction?
Three ways that Scrooge highlighted a change in character with the Ghost of Christmas Past or Present
What is wishing he wouldn't have been rude to the boy caroler? What is wishing he would have been kinder to Bob? What is wishing he could give Bob money to support his family? What is wishing he would have said yes to Fred's Christmas party? Up to teacher discretion here.
The author's purpose for writing the story using its historical context (setting/time period)
What is to help bridge the gap between the rich and poor through teaching humans to be kind and generous towards one another?
Full description of the Ghost of Christmas Future
Black robe, silent, pointing, like a shadow
The author's tone during the scene where Fred and his friends were playing charades and describing Scrooge.
What is "mocking?"
Write a compound-complex sentence.
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