Change Flashcards
How is Scrooge described at the start of the novella?
“as solitary as an oyster” -Stave 1 (Narrator) Simile.
How is the Ghost of Christmas past described to change appearance?
“It was a strange figure- like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man” -Stave 2 (Narrator) Contrasting simile. Could foreshadow the change Scrooge will make or already has made since being a child.
What quote shows the greed that had started possessing Scrooge when he was younger?
“There was an eager, greedy, restless motion the eye, which showed the passion that had taken root, and where the shadow of the growing tree would fall” -Stave 2 (Narrator) Metaphor.
What does Belle say to Scrooge which describes who he was and why she must break up with him because he’s changed?
“your repentance and regret would surely follow.. I release you. With full heart, for the love of him you once were” -Stave 2 (Belle) Tone: Upset, disappointed.
What two quotes show the change in Scrooge as Bob’s boss?
“I’ll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your struggling family” -Stave 5 (Scrooge) Tone: Ecstatic, proud.
“the clerk’s fire was so very much smaller that it looked like one coal” -Stave 1 (Narrator) Adjective “smaller” shows just how little Scrooge cared for Bob in Stave 1.
What does Scrooge say which describes his transformation?
“I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy” -Stave 5 (Scrooge) Simile.
What quote about the change in weather represents how Scrooge was a different person when he was a boy?
“The darkness and the mist had vanished with it, for it was a clear, cold, winter day, with snow upon the ground” -Stave 2 (Narrator) Imagery.
What quote shows the darkness of Scrooge’s life at the start of the novella?
“The fog … was so dense the houses opposite were mere phantoms” -Stave 1 (Narrator) Pathetic fallacy.
What two quotes show Srooge’s change in attitude towards humanity and people?
‘Scrooge seized the ruler with such energy of action that the singer fled in terror’ -Stave 1 (Narrator) Abstract noun terror suggests the disrespect Scrooge gives to children.
’ a remarkable boy!’ -Stave 5 (Scrooge) Exclamation mark shows how happy and welcoming Scrooge is.
What two quotes show the difference in attitude Scrooge has to charity?
‘I don’t make Merry myself at Christmas And I can’t afford to make idle people merry’- Stave 1 (Scrooge)
‘A great many back payments are included in it ‘- Stave 5 (Scrooge) Contrast used. Scrooge now wants to make “idle people” merry.
