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,

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explanation:

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anyone who was dealing with communism in soviet union in his time had an ideal picture of equality, freedom, the struggle of the working class for a better future, the success of the aristocracy's overthrow and the emancipation of subjugation.   however, anyone who would go to soviet union to see the functioning of the communist system, would be convinced that it was about sad people, about everyday bad life, about the brutal attitude of communist leaders, about ill obsession to completely exterminate every thought on aristocracy. thus, orwell wanted to show all the absurdity, the brutality of the system, the unbearable rule of suspicious morality, the ignorant people who try to play professionally.

the answers are: b. and e.

should you be the one doing this journal entry? it says "your special talent or skill". are you gonna lie 'bout your talent and make us fake a talent for you?

also this is a really easy journal entry, you can just think of a skill your good at and write did you work hard to become good at this skill (ex: drawing, writing, math, playing music, etc.) or does it come naturally (like a cool trick that you can do with your body). you can do all of that in 150 words. just try and think of a talent and even if your bad at this talent just say your working hard to become good at it.