Stave 1 Scrooge Quotations with Analysis
Partially completed slide and fully completed slides included.
This powerpoint includes an in-depth dive into the following quotations:
‘hard and sharp as flint’
‘solitary as an oyster’
‘he iced his office in the dog days’
‘Are there no prisons? And the union workhouses?’
Each slide has:
who says the quotation and when, plus an example of the quotation embedded into a sentence
the technique used in the quotation i.e. simile, metaphor, repetition, rhetorical question, pathetic fallacy
analysis for at least 2 words/phrases from the quotation
an alternative interpretation of the quotation
the theme/s the quotation relates to i.e. isolation, generosity, poverty, social responsibility
A linking quotation that is either similar or contrasting and how
An idea about the writer’s purpose and/or relevant contextual information
Bonus quotation:
‘Scrooge took his melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern’
Only has points 1-4 for this quotation.
