'A Christmas Carol' Lang Techniques

Question 1

Anaphora

Answer 1

A word which refers to a oerviously used word

Question 2

Asyndetic Listing

Answer 2

A list broken up by commas rather than conjunctions like ‘and’

Question 3

Catalyst

Answer 3

A dramtic tool which is used to speed up the plot

Question 4

Epitome

Answer 4

The perfect/ultimate embodiment of quality

Question 5

Foreboading

Answer 5

Apprehension that a bad event will occur (Scrooge’s death in stave 4)

Question 6

Interjection

Answer 6

Sudden remark, used often as an interruption or aside in the text [“Bah! Humbug]

Question 7

Prolepsis

Answer 7

A flash forward(the scenes that the Ghost of christmas yet to come shows Scrooge)

Question 8

Moral imperative

Answer 8

An instruction on what is roght and wrong, the Ghosts provide this.

Question 9

Polysyndetic Listing

Answer 9

Listing using conjunctions

Question 10

Superlative

Answer 10

An adjective describing the highest degree of what it is ( The Ghost of Christmas Past has clothing of the “purest” white.)

Question 11

Antithesis

Answer 11

Rhetorical device where contrasting concepts are placed together in a text typically a sentence to highlight how opposite they are. ( when Fred is introduced having a “cheerful voice” straight after Scrooge’s wivkedness is described)