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ACC Scrooge S1 Quote
A Christmas Carol Scrooge in Stave 1 Quotations
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| SIMILE '_ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ as flint' | ‘Hard and sharp as flint’ |
| SIMILE 'Self-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, and s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ as an o _ _ _ _ _' | ‘Self-contained, and solitary as an oyster’ |
| HYPERBOLE ‘Every _ _ _ _ _who goes about with '_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a _ _ _ _ _ of _ _ _ _ _ through his heart.' | ‘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.’ |
| RHETORICAL QUESTIONS ‘Are there _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?’ ‘And the U _ _ _ _ W _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?' | ‘Are there no prisons?’ ‘And the Union workhouses?’ |
| CONTEXT- THOMAS MALTHUS AND MALTHUSIAN THEORY ‘If they would _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ …they had better do it, and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.’ | ‘If they would rather die…they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.’ |