Friday, 05 October 2018 Identify key language devices and their effect.

1. Friday, 05 October 2018 Identify key language devices and their effect. Questions (Answer in full sentences): Define an abstract noun. Write down the abstract nouns from the sentences below The night was shrouded in fear. Kindness is something almost everyone appreciates. The men exhibited immense strength. As the sun dipped below the horizon, darkness came over the city. It is my pleasure to welcome our guest. Our friendship will last forever. I’d like the freedom to travel the world. Joe felt a nagging sense of doom. Write a synonym for each of the following words: Night, fear, kindness, appreciates, strength, city, guest, forever, travel, nagging, jumped

3. Physical Coldness • Scan through the first few pages of A Christmas Carol until you reach the line ‘mournful meditation on the threshold’ • Make a note of any references to cold weather as you read – you can do this in pairs. • Write a subheading – Physical Coldness • Choose three of the quotations you have found and write them underneath your subheading – you will need to leave space around each one so you can annotate them.

4. Annotate each of your quotations – use the example below as a guide. The use of ‘in the clouds’ suggests the tower is high as well as the density of the fog. Have you: Made a point, explained WHY Dickens has made certain choices, discussed the effect, included terminology? Here Dickens conveys the intensity of the cold be making it sound as if even inanimate objects are affected. (Referring to the church clock) ‘…struck the hour and quarters in the clouds, with tremulous vibrations afterwards, as if its teeth were chattering in its frozen head…’ The use of personification ‘frozen head’ and the simile ‘teeth... chattering’ make the reader feel sorry for the clock as it seems to be suffering in the cold. The verb ‘chattering’ helps us to understand how the sound of the bell echoes after it has rung but the sound seems broken up as if the clock is trembling.

5. Metaphorical Coldness • So, the cold is used by Dickens to describe the physical environment, however it also mirrors the cruel and unsympathetic nature of Scrooge towards others. • Look again at the same section of text and pick out any words/ phrases which indicate how cold and unfeeling Scrooge can be. • Write a second subheading: Metaphorical Coldness and work with a partner to do the exact same thing again with your new quotations (at least 3)

6. Pick your task: INCREASING CHALLENGE ‘The power of light and music to shine through the winter gloom is a visual way of showing the moral of this story. It suggests that even though cruelty seems to reign, the goodness embodied by the Christmas message can always find a way through, through the fog, through the keyhole. Scrooge, however, aggressively fights it off.’ Where can you find evidence to support this idea in the section we have read? Look for images of colour, light or warmth – literal or metaphorical. Write these down in your book. How does Dickens use the weather to establish the mood and atmosphere at the beginning of the novel? Answer the question using quotations from the previous task. How does Dickens present Scrooge as a cold character? Answer the question using quotations from the previous task.

7. HOW DOES DICKENS PRESENT SCROOGE AS A COLD CHARACTER? WRITING FRAME Dickens presents Scrooge as ………………….. This is particularly clear when he is talking to Bob Cratchit about having Christmas day off work. He says: ‘You’ll want all day tomorrow, I suppose?’ This gives us the impression that………………………………………… The words ‘I suppose’ suggest that………………………………………… Overall, this creates the impression that Scrooge is ……………………………. sso