Short Story of the Month "A Christmas Carol Scrooge and Marley" by Israel Horovitz

Literature + Yocabulary

Focus Torte

Tone in a Drama

In a drama, tone plays an important part in the dialogue, or linen spoken by characters, Word choice

is a huge factor in tone and can send signals to the reader about how the character is feeling and how

the lines might sound when voiced by an actor.

For each piece of dialogue below, write an adjective to dencribe its tone. Then, underline the most

important word or words that helped you determine the tone.

1. PRESENT, I see a vacant seat... in the poor chimney corner,

and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. If these

shadows remain unaltered by the future, the child will die,

Read the excerpt from heart of a samurai. the water was so clear, he could see straight to the bottom. a snail was making a path like a shiny ribbon slowly unfurling on the sand. what does the author use the most precise words to describe in the excerpt? the water’s movement the water the snail the snail’s path

How does pumblechook treat pip before his visit to satis house? why?

Identify the trade regulation concept described in each scenario. protectionism free trade trade war country a and country b want to develop their respective export markets. both countries have highly developed agricultural, industrial, and service sectors. the countries decide to initially lower trade barriers and eventually remove them completely. arrowright country a has an agrarian economy with an emerging industrial sector. to allow domestic industries to grow, country a applies quotas on all industrial products except those that are used as resources. arrowright country a passes an economic policy that will indirectly give its own companies an advantage over country b’s companies. country b alleges that the policy violates the countries’ trade agreement and imposes retaliatory tariffs. arrowright