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FREE Persuasive Devices Worksheet and Writing Planning - AFOREST Mnemonic
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FREE Persuasive Devices Worksheet and Writing Planning - AFOREST Mnemonic

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These Persuasive Devices worksheets are designed to help students to define and identify a range of devices using the AFOREST mnemonic and then to use AFOREST to plan their own piece of persuasive writing. Included in this resource: AFOREST Persuasive devices definition and examples worksheet AFOREST Persuasive devices planning sheet Both worksheets are black and white and are in pdf to allow printing on any size. This resource pairs ideally with my ‘Writing to Persuade - AQA Lang P2 Q5- Student Friendly Worksheets’! Students can use the worksheets individually or as part of a group project, perhaps printed on larger paper. A - alliteration F - figurative language O - opinion R - rhetorical question E - emotive language S - statistics and facts T - triplet / rule of three Please leave a review! I am a new store and would greatly appreciate your feedback.
FREE GCSE English Lang & English Lit Assessment Objectives - print and go!
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FREE GCSE English Lang & English Lit Assessment Objectives - print and go!

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This FREE resource is a one sheet reference containing all the assessment objectives for GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature. Print these for your students and stick them in the front of their books or folders to refer back to throughout the course. You could also print on A3/A2 and display in your classroom! Looking for a classroom display? Try my ready to go assessment objectives display for English Lang & Lit. Please leave a review!
FREE GCSE English Speaking & Listening Assessment Objectives - print and go!
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FREE GCSE English Speaking & Listening Assessment Objectives - print and go!

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This FREE resource is a one sheet reference containing all the assessment objectives for GCSE English Speaking & Listening component. Print these for your students and stick them in the front of their books or folders to refer back to throughout the course. You could also print on A3/A2 and display in your classroom! Looking for a classroom display? Try my ready to go assessment objectives display for English Lang & Lit.
Unseen Poetry Worksheet - works with ANY poem!
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Unseen Poetry Worksheet - works with ANY poem!

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This ‘Unseen Poetry’ worksheet is designed to help students to begin to unpick a poem from the first reading. The worksheet can be used with ANY poem! The questions have been designed to help students to think about the meaning, author’s intentions and their personal response. Although there are question prompts about language, form and structure, this is not a worksheet for simply spotting techniques. It encourages students to consider the effect on the reader at every stage. Students can use the worksheet individually or as part of a group project, perhaps printed on larger paper. ** Please leave a review! I am a new store and would greatly appreciate your feedback.**
IGCSE Cambridge International English Lang & Lit Assessment Objectives Display Posters
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IGCSE Cambridge International English Lang & Lit Assessment Objectives Display Posters

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6 posters displaying the Cambridge International IGCSE Assessment Objectives for English Language (First Language) and Literature in English. English Language (First Language) - 2 posters (1 reading, 1 writing) Literature in English - 4 posters (1 for each AO) This resource is a pdf, so it can be easily printed in any size for your classroom. I have found this super helpful to direct students to throughout Y10/Y11 and they can use them to focus their writing on exam style questions.
AQA GCSE English Lang & Lit Student Friendly Exam Overview & Planning Worksheet
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AQA GCSE English Lang & Lit Student Friendly Exam Overview & Planning Worksheet

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This resource contains two one sheet overviews of the exam specification for AQA English Language and AQA English Literature. The worksheets include: Names, length and percentage of overall GCSE for each paper Content, marks and AO for each question Space to plan timings for each question, as well as pre-writing and proof reading These resources are fully editable and so can be customised to your own students’ needs. Included in this download are two worksheets designed to appeal to 21st century students - one for the AQA English Language exams and one for the AQA English Literature exams. The layout helps students to easily understand the content and question type for each exam, including the marks available and which AOs are being tested. There is space for students to write in the names of texts that they have studied (for the literature worksheet). There is also space for students to plan the time that they will spend on each question, pre-writing and proof reading. I have used these worksheets with students as part of revision lessons before mock and final exams and found them to be really effective in getting students to understand which skills are being tested in each question as well as encouraging time management in the exam.
GCSE English Lang & Lit Assessment Objectives Display Posters
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GCSE English Lang & Lit Assessment Objectives Display Posters

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12 posters displaying the GCSE assessment objectives for English Language and English Literature. Each assessment objective is displayed with a high quality image. Also included are ‘literature’ and ‘language’ headers for your display. This resource is a pdf, so it can be easily printed in any size for your classroom. I have found this super helpful to direct students to throughout Y10/Y11 and they can use them to focus their writing on exam style questions.
EDEXCEL GCSE English Lang & Lit Student Friendly Exam Overview & Planning Worksheet
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EDEXCEL GCSE English Lang & Lit Student Friendly Exam Overview & Planning Worksheet

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This resource contains two one sheet overviews of the exam specification for EDEXCEL English Language and EDEXCEL English Literature. The worksheets include: Names, length and percentage of overall GCSE for each paper Content, marks and AO for each question Space to plan timings for each question, as well as pre-writing and proof reading These resources are fully editable and so can be** customised** to your own students’ needs. Included in this download are two worksheets designed to appeal to 21st century students - one for the EDEXCEL English Language exams and one for the EDEXCEL English Literature exams. The layout helps students to easily understand the content and question type for each exam, including the marks available and which AOs are being tested. There is space for students to write in the names of texts that they have studied (for the literature worksheet). There is also space for students to plan the time that they will spend on each question, pre-writing and proof reading. I have used these worksheets with students as part of revision lessons before mock and final exams and found them to be really effective in getting students to understand which skills are being tested in each question as well as encouraging time management in the exam.
Edexcel GCSE English Literature Mark Schemes and Mock Exam Feedback
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Edexcel GCSE English Literature Mark Schemes and Mock Exam Feedback

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Do mock exams take you far too long to mark? Are you looking for a quick and easy marking system that gives students valuable and actionable feedback? These marking sheets have been designed to address these issues! This resource includes: Two booklets - paper 1 and paper 2 coversheet with an overview of marks full Edexcel mark schemes with tick boxes suggested points for improvement with tick boxes Space for written teacher comments Student reflection page with questions to guide improvement The marking booklet is in Word format, so can be fully customisable to your students’ needs. Either print and attach to each exam, or complete digitally and upload to your school’s VLE. Save yourself hours of work and get through the mock exam marking quickly with valuable feedback for your students! These marking booklets are designed for Edexcel. Looking for AQA? Check out this resource! Looking for AQA Language? check out this resource! Need a student friendly overview of the exam? Check out this resource! Need a student friendly one sheet overview of the English Language and English Literature Assessment Objectives? Check out this FREE resource!
AQA GCSE English Literature Mark Schemes and Mock Exam Feedback
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AQA GCSE English Literature Mark Schemes and Mock Exam Feedback

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Do mock exams take you far too long to mark? Are you looking for a quick and easy marking system that gives students valuable and actionable feedback? These marking sheets have been designed to address these issues! This resource includes: Two booklets - paper 1 and paper 2 Coversheet with an overview of marks Full AQA mark schemes with tick boxes Suggested points for improvement with tick boxes Space for written teacher comments Student reflection page with questions to guide improvement The marking booklet is in Word format, so can be fully customisable to your students’ needs. Either print and attach to each exam, or complete digitally and upload to your school’s VLE. Save yourself hours of work and get through the mock exam marking quickly with valuable feedback for your students! Looking for AQA Language? Check out this resource! Looking for Edexcel Literature? Check out this resource! Need a student friendly overview of the exam? Check out this resource! Need a student friendly one sheet overview of the English Language and English Literature Assessment Objectives? Check out this FREE resource!
AQA GCSE English Language Mark Schemes and Mock Exam Feedback
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AQA GCSE English Language Mark Schemes and Mock Exam Feedback

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Do mock exams take you far too long to mark? Are you looking for a quick and easy marking system that gives students valuable and actionable feedback? These marking sheets have been designed to address these issues! This resource includes: Two booklets - paper 1 and paper 2 coversheet with an overview of marks full AQA mark schemes with tick boxes suggested points for improvement with tick boxes Space for written teacher comments Student reflection page with questions to guide improvement The marking booklet is in Word format, so can be fully customisable to your students’ needs. Either print and attach to each exam, or complete digitally and upload to your school’s VLE. Save yourself hours of work and get through the mock exam marking quickly with valuable feedback for your students! Looking for AQA Literature? Check out this resource! Looking for Edexcel Literature? Check out this resource! Need a student friendly overview of the exam? Check out this resource! Need a student friendly one sheet overview of the English Language and English Literature Assessment Objectives? Check out this FREE resource!
Jekyll and Hyde Quote Posters/Display
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Jekyll and Hyde Quote Posters/Display

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24 eye-catching posters featuring quotes from Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Each poster features a quote from the novel cross referenced with the chapter number and high quality image. These posters are ideal for reinforcing significant quotes alongside your study of the text and can also be used to exam revision or simply to brighten up your classroom! WAIT! This set of posters is included in my Jekyll and Hyde Poster Bundle! Quotes included: Chapter 1 - Story of the Door ‘Trampled calmly’ ‘Damned juggernaut’ ‘Black Sneering Coolness’ Chapter 2 - Search for Mr Hyde ‘If he be Mr Hyde, I shall be Mr Seek’ ‘Snarled aloud into a savage laugh’ Chapter 3 - Dr Jekyll was Quite at Ease ‘I only ask for justice… when I am no longer here’ ‘There came a blackness about his eyes’ Chapter 4 - The Carew Murder Case ‘Ape-like fury’ ‘Some city in a nightmare’ ‘Broke out in great flame of anger’ Chapter 5 - Incident of the Letter ‘For even in the houses the fog began to lie thickly’ ’ “What!” he thought. “Henry Jekyll forge for a murderer!” And his blood ran cold in his veins’ Chapter 6 - Remarkable Incident of Dr Lanyon ‘I am the chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers also’ ‘The rosy man had grown pale; his flesh had fallen away’ Chapter 7 - Incident at the Window ‘The smile was struck out of his face’ ‘There was an answering horror in their eyes’ Chapter 8 - The Last Night ‘A dismal screech, as of mere animal terror’ ‘Evil was sure to come of that connection’ Chapter 9 - Dr Lanyon’s Narrative ‘My soul sickened at it’ ‘Like a man restored from death’ Chapter 10 - Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case ‘Not truly one, but truly two’ ‘Commingled out of good and evil’ ‘My devil had been long caged’ ‘Primitive duality of man’
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier 27 Character Worksheets
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Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier 27 Character Worksheets

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This download contains 27 worksheets each focusing on the characters from Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Each set of worksheets is designed to prompt an in depth engagement with characterisation, encouraging inference throughout. Students can work through the activities independently using the task instructions to guide them. These activities are ideal for CIE IGCSE Literature in English and KS5, but can be used for any class studying the novel. These activities work really well as homework or revision, as well as regular in class activities. There are three types of worksheet included in the pack: S.T.E.A.L. Analysis - Students choose 5 adjectives that best describe each character, then analyse what their Speech, Thoughts, Effect (on other characters), Actions and Looks (appearance) Quotes - Students examine key quotes relating to each character, analysing the writer’s methods and effect on the reader. Themes - Students identify links between each character and the themes in the novel, using a hexagon organiser. The characters included for each worksheet type are: Maxim de Winter Narrator Mrs Danvers Mrs Van Hopper Frank Crawley Beatrice Lacey Ben Jack Favell Rebecca Reviews are greatly appreciated! If you are interested in more resources on Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, check out my [Chapter One Lesson Pack](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/rebecca-by-daphne-du-maurier-chapter-1-lesson-worksheets-analysis-and-essay-12651728).
Macbeth Quote Posters for Display
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Macbeth Quote Posters for Display

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24 eye-catching posters featuring quotes from Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Each poster features a quote from the play cross referenced with the act/scene number, character that speaks the line and high quality image. These posters are ideal for reinforcing significant quotes alongside your study of the text and can also be used to exam revision or simply to brighten up your classroom! WAIT! These posters are included in my Macbeth Poster Bundle - Save 15%! Quotes included: ‘Fair is foul, and foul is fair Hover through the fog and filthy air’ - act 1, scene 1 ‘All hail, Macbeth that shalt be king hereafter!’ - act 1, scene 3 ‘Stars, hide not your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires’ - act 1, scene 4 'Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way’ - act 1, scene 5 'Unsex me here And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty!’ - act 1, scene 5 ‘Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t’ - act1, scene 5 'If it were done when 'tis done, there ‘twere well It were done quickly’ - act 1, scene 7 'I have given suck, and know How tender ‘tis to love the babe that milks me I would, while it was smiling in my face Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums And dashed the brains out’ - act 1, scene 7 ‘We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we’ll not fail.’ - act 1, scene 7 ‘False face must hide what the false heart doth know’ - act 1, scene 7 ‘Is this a dagger which I see before me The handle toward my hand?’ - act 2, scene 1 'Methought I heard a voice cry “Sleep no more!” ’ - act 2, scene 2 ‘Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hands’ - act 2, scene 2 ‘A little water clears us of this deed’ - act 2, scene 2 ‘Where we are there’s daggers in men’s smiles’ - act 2, scene 3 ‘Thou hast it now: king, Cawdor, Glamis, all As the weird women promised, and, I fear, Thou play’dst most foully for’t’ - act 3, scene 1 ‘Our fears in Banquo Stick deep’ - act 3, scene 1 ‘Nought’s had, all’s spent, Where our desire is got without content’ - act 3, scene 2 ‘O treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly! Thou may’st revenge’ - act 3, scene 3 ‘Be bloody, bold and resolute; laugh to scorn The pow’r of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth’ - act 4, scene 1 ‘All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand’ - act 5, scene 1 ‘To bed, to bed. There’s knocking at the gate. Come, come, come, give me your hand. What’s done cannot be undone. To bed, to bed, to bed.’ - act 5, scene 5 ‘Out, out, brief candle!’ - act 5, scene 5 ‘Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day’ - act 5, scene 5
Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare Quote Posters
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Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare Quote Posters

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24 eye-catching posters featuring quotes from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Each poster features a quote from the play cross referenced with the act/scene number and a high quality image. These posters are ideal for reinforcing significant quotes alongside your study of the text and can also be used to exam revision or simply to brighten up your classroom! Wait! You can purchase this product in a bundle with 10 Romeo and Juliet Character Quote Posters for Display! Quotes included: ‘Civil blood makes civil hands unclean’ ‘A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life’ ‘Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?’ ‘Talk of peace? I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee.’ ‘I’ll look to like, if looking liking move’ ‘O then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes in shape no bigger than an agate stone’ ‘My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss’ ‘But, soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.’ ‘O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?’ ‘That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet.’ ‘Parting is such sweet sorrow’ ‘For this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households’ rancour to pure love’ ‘These violent delights have violent ends’ ‘A plague o’ both your houses!’ ‘Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill’ ‘Oh, I am fortune’s fool!’ ‘O deadly sin! O rude unthankfulness!’ ‘Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o’Thursday, or never after look me in the face’ ‘Give me, give me, O tell not me of fear!’ ‘O true apothecary, thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die’ ‘O happy dagger, this is thy sheath: there rust, and let me die’ ‘All are punished’ ‘For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo’
Macbeth Character Quote Posters for Display
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Macbeth Character Quote Posters for Display

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8 eye-catching posters featuring characters from Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Each poster features a character from the text supported with a range of quotes from them, all cross referenced with the act and scene number. These posters are ideal for reinforcing significant quotes alongside your study of the text and can also be used to exam revision or simply to brighten up your classroom! WAIT! These posters are included in my Macbeth Poster Bundle - Save 15%! Characters included: Macbeth Lady Macbeth The Witches Banquo Duncan Macduff Malcolm Lady Macduff
Writing to Persuade - AQA Lang P2 Q5- Student Friendly Worksheets - Printable and PPT
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Writing to Persuade - AQA Lang P2 Q5- Student Friendly Worksheets - Printable and PPT

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Ideal for GCSE English Language revision or exam prep. These worksheets have been designed with AQA English Language Paper 2 Q5 in mind, but would work equally well with other exam boards or simply to consolidate persuasive writing skills. This download contains: 6 easy to use print and go pdf worksheets each with a unique persuasive writing challenge PPT with the same 6 writing challenges with additional writing slides for students to respond in full - students can type their responses directly into the PPT slides Ideal for homework, exam prep, independent work or cover work. Each worksheet includes: Clear text type Detailed task brief Space for students to plan their writing, sectioned to encourage clear structure Writing checklist based on text type AFOREST devices checklist Box to write PAF (purpose, audience, form) Do your students need help remembering AFOREST devices? Try my FREE AFOREST Persuasive Devices Worksheet and Writing Planning resource! Text types: Formal letter Informal letter Newspaper article Magazine article Speech to students Speech to youth government Each worksheet is beautifully designed to appeal to 21st century students and makes setting independent work or homework simple and straightforward.
Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare Character Quote Posters
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Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare Character Quote Posters

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10 eye-catching posters featuring characters from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Each poster features a character from the text supported with a range of quotes, all cross referenced with the act and scene number. These posters are ideal for reinforcing significant quotes alongside your study of the text and can also be used for exam revision or simply to brighten up your classroom! Wait! You can purchase this product in a bundle with 24 Romeo and Juliet Quote Posters for Display! Characters included: Romeo Juliet Mercutio Tybalt Nurse Friar Lawrence Prince Lord Capulet Benvolio Paris
Unseen Poetry - 'The Darkling Thrush' by Thomas Hardy Lesson and Worksheets
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Unseen Poetry - 'The Darkling Thrush' by Thomas Hardy Lesson and Worksheets

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This lesson pack for ‘The Darkling Thrush’ by Thomas Hardy contains everything needed to explore the poem in either a classroom or virtual lesson. This lesson works brilliantly for GCSE unseen poetry lessons, but can also be adapted for KS3. The poem is ideal for exploring imagery, symbolism and extended metaphor. The winter setting makes it ideal for Christmas or festive lessons. The lesson scaffolds the exploration of the poem and leads to students planning and writing an in depth analytical essay. WAIT! This lesson is included in my Christmas English Lessons Bundle - save over 20%! Included in the lesson pack: Word jumble activity - prediction activity Stanza by stanza first impression questions focused on language choices and imagery Context activity to draw out extended metaphor in the poem ‘Digging deeper’ questions Guided annotation worksheet Essay question and scaffolded planning using what/how/why Essay planning worksheet Essay writing checklist Tips about activities can be found in the ‘speaker notes’. Two worksheets are included at the end of these slides and are designed in black and white to allow for easy printing. If you are teaching online, copies can be made of these slides to allow students to type directly onto the worksheets. Reviews are greatly appreciated!
A Christmas Carol Quote Posters for Display
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A Christmas Carol Quote Posters for Display

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25 eye-catching posters featuring quotes from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Each poster features a quote from the novel cross referenced with the stave number and high quality image. These posters are ideal for reinforcing significant quotes alongside your study of the text and can also be used for exam revision or simply to brighten up your classroom! WAIT! These posters are included in my ‘A Christmas Carol’ Poster Bundle - save over 15%! Quotes included: ‘Every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart’ ‘Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail’ ‘External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge’ ‘Hard and sharp as flint’ ‘Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?’ ’ “If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.” ’ ‘Bah! Humbug’ ‘Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it’ ‘I wear the chain I forged in life’ ‘You will be haunted… by Three Spirits’ ‘Why did his cold eye glisten, and his heart leap up as they went past!’ ‘Leave me! Take me back! Haunt me no longer!’ ‘The crisp leaves of holly, mistletoe, and ivy reflected back the light’ ‘Though the Spirit’s eyes were clear and kind, he did not like to meet them’ ‘Brave in ribbons’ ‘To a poor one most. Because it needs it most’ ’ “God bless us every one!” said Tiny Tim, the last of all’ ‘Oh, no, kind Spirit! say he will be spared’ ‘Who’s the worse for the loss of a few things like these? Not a dead man I suppose’ ‘Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me by an altered life?’ ‘Oh, tell me that I may sponge away the writing on this stone!’ ‘I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel’ ‘Golden sunlight; Heavenly sky; sweet fresh air; merry bells. Oh, glorious! Glorious!’ ‘It’s I. Your uncle Scrooge. I have come to dinner. Will you let me in, Fred?’ ‘I’ll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your struggling family’