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ACC Quotes Mock
ACC Quotes for Mock Exam
| Quote | Analysis |
|---|---|
| Solitary as an Oyster (about Scrooge) | Simile shows Scrooge isolated but could have potential (pearl?) |
| As hard and sharp as flint (about Scrooge) | Simile shows Scrooge unkind, unbending but possibly potential (flint sparks fire) |
| “Are there no prisons? And union workhouses?” (said by Scrooge) | Sarcastic rhetorical question shows Scrooge doesn’t care about poverty and suffering. |
| “Decrease the surplus population” (said by Scrooge) | Emotive language shows Scrooge as callous and uncaring. Reference to Malthusian economic theory that society shouldn’t support those in poverty as they are ‘surplus’ and society shouldn’t support those who can’t support themselves. |
| “I wear the chain I forged in life” (said by Marley) | Imagery – chain symbolises selfish, cruel choices he made |
| “Mankind was my business” (said by Marley) | Noun ‘business’ now means concern / aim – Marley realises he should have been concerned with people not profit. |
| As good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man (about Scooge at end of Stave 5) | Repetition of ‘as good’ emphasises how Scrooge has changed. |
| “The only time I know of…when men and women open their shut up hearts freely” (said by Fred about Christmas) | Emotive language about the benefit of Christmas making people kinder for once. |
| They were not well dressed but they were happy (about the Cratchits) | Juxtaposition emphasises Dickens point that wealth is not essential for happiness and closeness. |
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