Characters
The character wearing chains
Marley
The sentences of a play/what is said aloud by each character is called a-
Line
What does the term mood mean?
The feeling that the story creates for the reader/ the atmosphere
What does the old Scrooge value most (so far in the play)?
What is his money
Why does Marley visit?
Marley comes to warn Scrooge.
Who takes Scrooge to his childhood home?
The Ghost of Christmas Past
Conversations between characters are called...
What is dialogue
In this sentence, which would be considered the stage direction? SCROOGE: [Panicked] Fly, but I am a mortal and cannot fly!
What is [Panicked]
There was a boy singing a Christmas Carol at my door this morning. I should like to have given him something:thats all. What does this show?
Scrooge is changing and is trying to be less greedy. He is feeling grief for being selfish.
Bob slips money to the men when Scrooge refuses. What does this show about Bob?
Bob is kind and gives to charity.
Who is Bob Crachit?
Bob Cratchit is Scrooge's clerk and works in bad conditions without complaining.
An act uses multiple of these to show a shift in time or location, often referred to as being similar to chapters in a book.
Scene
A story written to be performed is...
What is a drama or play
What does the breakup memory represent.
It represents, when you are greedy, you lose loved ones.
What do the scenes revisited with the Ghost of Christmas Past show about the young scrooge?
He was lonely. He loved his sister. He used to enjoy Christmas and was happy at times.
Who was Scrooge's former boss that is now dead.
Fezziwig.
The person that writes the play is called a..
Playwright
The written version of a play, often compared to a book. This is created by the playwright rather than the author.
Script
What do the chains on Marley represent?
The chains on Marley represent his greed/sins. It shows that he is restricted by the choices he made while alive.
What did the Ghost of Christmas Past see in Scrooge's cheek?
What is a tear.
Scrooge's sister's name and the name of her son!
You need both correct to get the points!
Fan and Fred
When Marley talks for a LONG time and only the audience hears him!
What is the setting of A Christmas Carol? Give the time and place!
Christmas time in London during the 1800s
What is one potential theme that we could take from act 1 of A Christmas Carol?
Must be a life lesson- something the reader can use in their own life. Should not say any characters name! A theme is a general statement that doesn't talk about characters or plot.
What does Bah Humbug mean?
Nonsense!