Ebenezer Scrooge

Front

"He was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone"

Back

metaphor

Front

Tight-fisted

Back

mean / miserly

Front

Examples: squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping

Back

Onomatopoeia

Front

"Hard and sharp as flint" and "solitary as an oyster"

Back

similes

Front

Synonym of solitary

Back

alone, recluse, lonely, by yourself

Front

Frosty rime

Back

Covering of frost

Front

"Dog days"

Back

summer days

Front

Entreaty

Back

An earnest request (e.g. begging for peace)

Front

"The heaviest rain... could boast"

Back

Personification

Front

Scrooge's transformation at the end of 'A Christmas Carol'

Back

Changes his ways and becomes altruistic