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Chapter 6: Yes or No
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Chapter 6: Yes or No
Read over the highlighted passage again.
Can you spot an example of personification in the passage?
Initial reactions to the chapter ...
How do other people see Scrooge?
How is Scrooge feeling in this chapter?
Yes or No?
Each of you will be given a character from 'A Christmas Carol'.
Working in pairs, you must ask each other questions and work out who is who.
REMEMBER YOU CAN ONLY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS WITH 'YES' or 'NO'...
Learning Objective: to explain and comment on the writer's use of language
Level 4: basic features identified
Level 5: features and effect on reader explained
Level 6: detailed explanation of how writer's use of language creates effect
Task 1: Answer this question in your books. How does Scrooge react when he sees the children? What words show this?
Task 2: Look at the words that are highlighted. Match them up with the techniques in the word bank at the bottom of the page.
Answer these questions in your book. What techniques does the author use to describe the children? What effect does this have on the reader?
Task 3: Answer this question in your book. Why do you think the author personifies the children as 'Ignorance' and 'Poverty'? What is he trying to say to Scrooge?
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