A Christmas Carol Graded A+

A Christmas Carol Graded A+ Who wrote A Christmas Carol? ️️Charles Dickens The main character in this novel is ________________________. ️️Ebenezer Scrooge The setting of the story is __________________. ️️London in the 1800s Which Ghost journeyed with Scrooge to the school house of his youth? ️️the Ghost of Christmas Past How does the Cratchit home differ from Scrooge's home? ️️It is full of love & community. People look upon Scrooge as a selfish, mean miser who cares nothing about the downtrodden & less fortunate. This negative impression is an example of which of the following conflicts? ️️individual vs. society The consequences that the Ghost of Christmas Future shows Scrooge are a good example of __________________. ️️foreshadowing What is irony? ️️words that mean the opposite of their literal meaning What is a symbol? ️️something physical & visible that represents an invisible idea or theme What is the theme? ️️the general idea or message about life that is revealed in a literary work The novel begins with whose death? ️️Marley's What is Scrooge's response to greetings of "Merry Christmas" from his nephew? ️️Bah! Humbug! According to Marley, what SHOULD have been his focus in life? ️️the common welfare of mankind How is Dickens's tone moralistic? ️️It emphasizes right and wrong and focuses on acting justly. The Ghost takes Scrooge to a pawn shop. What is happening in this shop that is so vile to Scrooge? ️️They are selling Scrooge's goods. Which statement does Scrooge make that depicts the climax of A Christmas Carol? ️️"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." Is the following a topic or a theme? Greed ️️topic Is the following a topic or theme? Greed leads to misery, not happiness. ️️theme In the following quote, what literary device is used? "I see a vacant seat," replied the Ghost, "in the poor chimney corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die." ️️foreshadowing In the following quote, which literary device is present? The pudding was out of the copper. A smell like a washing day! That was the cloth. A smell like an eating house, and a pastry cook's next door to each other, with a laundress's next door to that! That was the pudding. ️️simile