A Christmas Carol; stave one.

In stave 1, what is Marley as dead as?

• A nail

• A nail file

• A coffin nail

• A door nail

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which homophone does Dickens use repeatedly on page 1?

• Sole / Soul

• There / They're

• Witch / Which

• You're / Your

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What technique does Dickens use repeatedly in Stave 1 to describe Scrooge's personality?

• Pathetic fallacy

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Continuous verbs

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the name of the 'science' that states that people's looks reflect their personality.

• Physiotherapy

• Physiognomy

• Phrenology

• Retro-phrenology

"a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching covetous old sinner"

What type of words are contained in this list?

• Nouns

• Adjectives

• Verbs

• Adverbs

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Finish the quote "The ................ within him froze his old features"

• Cold

• Oyster

• Flint

• Fish

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Finish the simile "Hard and sharp as .........."

• Cold

• Oyster

• Flint

• Fish

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Finish the simile: "Solitary as an .........."

• Cold

• Oyster

• Flint

• Fish

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What work does 'Scrooge and Marley' do?

• Money

• Money lending

• Money changing

• Stocks and shares

What technique is used in the following quote that show's Fred is the opposite of Scrooge?

"He had so heated himself with rapid walking [...] that he was all in a glow; his face was ruddy and handsome; his eyes sparkled; and his breath smoked."

• Lexical field of cold

• Lexical field of heat

• Adjectives

• Pathetic fallacy

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4