Who Said It?
"God bless us, everyone"
Tiny Tim
"Marley was as dead as a doornail."
Simile
"No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him."
Alliteration
Extinguisher Cap
Marley's greedy life
His chains
"I wear the chain I forged in life!"
Marley's Ghost
"The two young Cratchits were steeped in sage and onions to the eyebrows!"
hyperbole
“I wear the chain I forged in life,” replied the Ghost. “I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. Is its pattern strange to you?”
Symbolism
Plenty's horn
The Ghost of Christmas Present
The conditions of the poor during this time period
Ignorance and Want
"Our contract is an old one, made when we were both poor and content to be so."
Belle
"Oh! He was a tightfisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge."
Metaphor
"Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend and sole mourner."
Repetition
Bed curtains
Mrs. Dilber or Joe
The inability to hide from your past. You must accept it.
Scrooge attempting to extinguish the light of the first spirit
"The founder of the feast indeed! I wish I had him here. I'd give him a piece of my mind to feast on."
Mrs. Cratchit
"It was bleak biting weather."
Personification
"There is no doubt that Marley was dead. This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate."
Foreshadowing
Dance
Fezziwig
The uncertainty of the future.
The hooded, mysterious spirit
"This boy is Ignorance, this girl is Want. Beware them both, and all their degree. But beware this boy most, for on his brow I see that which is written doom. Deny it!"
The Ghost of Christmas Present
"The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business."
"What odds then, Mrs. Dilber?" said the woman. "Every person has a right to take care of themselves. He always did!"
Dramatic Irony
Ali Baba, Robin Crusoe, Sultan's Groom
Scrooge as a boy with his books
A holiday song of praise
Title: A Christmas Carol, "staves" for chapters