Figurative Language in A Christmas Carol

Front

"Old Marley was as dead as a doornail."

Back

simile

Front

"If we were not convinced that Hamlet's Father died before the play, there would be nothing remarkable in his night stroll..."

Back

allusion

Front

"Hard and sharp as flint."

Back

simile

Front

". . . the houses opposite were mere phantoms."

Back

metaphor

Front

"The ancient tower of a church, whose gruff old bell was always peeping slyly down at Scrooge from a gothic window..."

Back

personification

Front

"Piercing, searching, biting cold."

Back

personification

Front

"If Saint Dunstan had nipped the Evil Spirit's nose with such weather... he would have roared to purpose."

Back

allusion

Front

". . . and yet that face of Marley, seven years dead, came like the ancient Prophet's rod, and swallowed up the whole."

Back

allusion

Front

'Upon its coming in, the dying flame leapt up, as though it cried, "I know him! Marley's ghost!" and fell again.'

Back

personification

Front

"All these boys were in great spirits, shouting until the fields echoed with merry music, and the crisp air laughed."

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personification