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A Christmas Carol_Plot Analysis

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8 questions
Directions: Answer the following two questions. Make sure you address each part of question 2. The answer for 1 should be a short paragraph. Make sure you use details. The idea of this is to determine what you know about plot and how you can track the development of the plot.
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  1. Summarize as briefly as possible the single change which occurs to the protagonist during the course of this novel. Give at least 2 examples of dialogue that shows the character traits of scrooge through his interactions with others that demonstrate this change.
(You can use commonlit.org or the Squashed Version)

Sentence Frames you can use to get started:
In "A Christmas Carol", Scrooge is introduced as ________________. For example, when _______ asks (or says) (to) Scrooge "___________________" this demonstrates _____________________________. Toward the end we see Scrooge's character produce the character traits (of)_____________________________. For example, Scrooge responds (says) (to)___________________________________. This demonstrates __________________________________.

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In the beginning of "A Christmas Carol", Scrooge is defined as _____________________. For example, when _______ asks (or says) (to) Scrooge "___________________" this demonstrates _____________________________. Toward the end we see Scrooge's character produce the character traits (of)_____________________________. For example, Scrooge responds (says) (to)___________________________________. This demonstrates __________________________________.

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Trace the progress of this change through these detailed stages of the plot.
  1. The exposition - setting
  2. Tell the setting
  3. How does the setting contribute to the overall tone of the beginning of the passage? Discuss its symbolism.
Sentence Starter:
“A Christmas Carol” starts out in______________. The weather is described as _______________________. The weather is used as symbolism because not only does it describe the setting it also sets the mood of____________________________.

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The original situation of the protagonist
  1. How did he act in the beginning?
  2. How did this lead to the conflict? (Inciting Incident)
Scrooge in the beginning was ______________________________. This lead to the conflict by (because)_______________________________.

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The precipitating event (or series of events) which begins to involve the protagonist in a central tension. **This is the rising action**
  1. What events start taking place that show contrasts in the protagonists traits?
Sentence Starter:
The events that take place where we begin seeing Scrooge's changes are __________________________________.
Scrooge in the first event is (acts like) _________________________. By the second event we see ________________________. During the third event, Scrooge changes by showing the trait of _________________________. Finally, Scrooge is visited by the fourth ghost, during this time we see Scrooge _________________________.

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What do you consider the climax? Explain.
During, _____________________ we see Scrooge change into ____________ because __________________________. This is the turning point of Scrooge's character.

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What event(s) do you perceive as the falling action? Explain.
Sentence Starter:
The events that follow the climax are _________________________________. During these events we see Scrooge as _________________________________________. For Example, the author shows us the character trait of______________________ in the quote(dialogue) "___________________________________."

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The resolution.
In the resolution we see Scrooge has changed because _________________________________.

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What is the theme of the story in relation to the main character?
Scrooge has learned the life lesson _____________________________________________.