Fig Lang
Write an example of onomatopoeia from Act 1 of a Christmas Carol
The bang echoing through Scrooge's house, the ringing of the bells, the clanking of the chains.
Why was Jacob Marley still around?
he never left the counting-house in life - "if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death."
DAILY DOUBLE
"He closed his door and locked himself in."
What kind of verb is used here?
What tense?
Transitive
Past
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
How many prepositional phrases?
4
to the Father, to the Son, to the Holy Spirit, in the beginning
vigor, spectre, festive, endeavoring
Which one is the modifier?
festive
Keeping up with the Joneses
Idiom
What year was A Christmas Carol written? (Approximately)
Redemption question - this was at the beginning of the _________________ ________.
1843
(Industrial Era)
What kind of verb tense describes an action that will be completed in the future?
Future Perfect
You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato."
What preposition is used repeatedly in this sentence?
of
Vocab word that means giving and generous
charitable
What's alliteration?
When the first letters are the same
What did Scrooge say people should do if they didn't want to go to a workhouse or a debtor's prison?
They should die.
Complete this sentence with a PAST PROGRESSIVE verb.
We ______ ________ __________ for the midterm when Ms. W announced there wouldn't be one. (just kidding, there is)
Had been studying
Let us give thanks to God our Father for all his gifts so freely bestowed upon us. For the beauty and wonder of your creation, in earth and sky and sea.
Write out ALL the prepositional phrases.
to God
for all his gifts
upon us
for the beauty and wonder
of your creation
in earth and sky and sea
The vocab word that can be used to describe the moon, but also means diminishing in size or strength
Waning
Write a sentence that uses personification to describe the ocean.
Answers will vary
What's one way Christmas Carol and The Giver are similar?
Answers will vary.
What does FANBOYS stand for?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Which sentences uses a prepositional phrase:
1) We were studying for a long time.
2) Because we studied, we will do well.
3) Without preparation, midterms can be very stressful.
infinitely, melancholy, festive - these are all _____
modifiers
"it might be pleasant to them to remember, upon Christmas day, who made lame beggars walk and blind men see.”
This is a(n) _____________
Allusion (to the Bible)
What's the climax of Christmas Carol?
When Scrooge sees his own grave and begs for more time to make changes in his life
What type of grammar is this?
Bah Humbug!
Interjection
Write a sentence about how you'll do this week academically that uses a prepositional phrase.
Answers will vary, but most will probably say "I'm going to do well on the midterm."
Two vocab words that mean sad, dark, depressing, etc.
dismal and melancholy