winter words
What winter word means a strong snowstorm with high winds?
blizzard
Who is the main character in A Christmas Carol?
Ebenezer Scrooge
“Snowflakes danced in the air.” What type of figurative language is this?
personification
Identify the part of speech: “snowy”
adjective
What do we call the time and place where a story occurs?
setting
This word means to tremble or shake because of cold.
shiver
What lesson does Scrooge learn by the end of the story?
The importance of kindness and generosity
“Cold as ice” is an example of what?
simile
“There/Their/They’re coats were soaked.”
Their
Who or what opposes the main character?
antagonist
What is having skin or tissue damaged by extreme cold
frostbite
Which ghost shows Scrooge scenes from his childhood
The Ghost of Christmas Past
Identify the figurative language:
“The wind howled like a lonely wolf.”
simile
Correct the sentence:
“Its snowing outside.”
“It’s snowing outside.”
What do we call the turning point of a story?
climax
What does the word “solstice” refer to
the shortest (or longest) day of the year
Name two themes present in A Christmas Carol
redemption, generosity, social responsibility, change, or compassion
What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile
a metaphor compares without ‘like’ or ‘as,’ while a simile uses them
“Yesterday, we (build/built) a snowman before the storm arrived.”
built
What type of conflict is character vs. society? external/internal
external conflict
What vocabulary word means bitterly cold, often used to describe winter air?
Why did Charles Dickens write A Christmas Carol during the Victorian era?
Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol to criticize social inequality, prevalent in Victorian society, and encourage generosity toward the poor.
Create your own winter-themed metaphor
Teacher judges correctness (comparison without like/as)
Fix the punctuation:
“After the storm we stayed inside drank cocoa and watched movies”
“After the storm, we stayed inside, drank cocoa, and watched movies.”
Name two elements of plot structure.
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution