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Life of Charles Dickens
England in the 1800s
Literary Elements 1
Literary Elements 2
Name that term
100
Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol in what month of what year?
What is December of 1843
100
The majority of crime during the 1800s in England
What is robbery or theft
100
Use of words to create an image or experience that appeals to the senses
What is imagery
100
Figure of speech that compares two seemingly unlike things using like or as
What is simile
100
Marley was as dead as a door nail
What is a simile
200
Charles Dicken's father was sent to prison for..
What is being in too much debt
200
List two reasons why health in England during the 1800s was bad
What is no medicines or doctors, lack of hygiene, no sewage disposal
200
Makes a comparison between two unlike things. Can be direct or implied
What is metaphor
200
Gives human qualities to an animal, thing, or idea
What is personification
200
The houses opposite were mere phantoms
What is a metaphor
300
To help support his family, Charles Dickens begin working where? Double points if you can tell me the specific name of the factory
What is a blacking company.
300
What was life like for children in the 1800s. List two things.
What is (teachers discretion) work, steal, death, or school for the rich
300
figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or create a comic effect
What is hyperbole
300
An object that represents a greater idea
What is a symbol
300
The chains Marley wore around his neck were forged with the things he did in life
What is symbolism
400
Charles Dickens died at what age and from what ailment?
What is a stroke at the age of 58
400
List three characteristics of women in the 1800s
What is they were controlled by men, treated like possessions, did all the chores, took care of the children, did not vote, some died in childbirth, they were required to wear certain apparel.
400
the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think especially in order to be funny or a situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected
What is irony
400
reference to a statement, person, place, event or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, politics, sports, or science
What is an allusion
400
You study all-week for a spelling test, then mis­spell your name on the test.
What is irony
500
Charles Dickens was buried in
What is Westminster Abby
500
List three characteristics of living conditions in the 1800s.
What is the poor lived in small houses with one room, no sewage or running water, disease and sickness, poverty, some people stole to survive. The rich could go to school, did not have to work, had nice houses with a lot of food
500
a character that represents a type of universal characteristics. List one example
What is archetype and the underdog, damsel in distress, teacher etc
500
the identity of the narrator's voice; the person or entity through which the reader experiences the story
What is point of view
500
Sally had a smile that compared to that of Mona Lisa
What is an allusion