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Drama Content Vocabulary Mood Stage Directions $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 Go to Double Jeopardy Replay End Round Go to Final Jeopardy
Usually dynamic characters (protagonist(s)) next
Main characters $100
The sequence of related events next
Plot $200
The items on the stage to help create the setting next
Scenery $300
Static characters next
Minor characters $400
Sets the scene and he or she may comment on what happens next
Narrator $500
The city Scrooge lives in next
London $100
Why Scrooge thought people who celebrated Christmas were fools next
Christmas didn’t make them any richer, they were a year older, and it did them no good $200
The man who came to Scrooge were collecting money for whom next
The poor and destitute $300
Debtors and the poor work here next
Poorhouses, workhouses, or debtors’ prison $400
The little girl is holding this next
A doll $500
Excess next
Suplus $100
Unknown person next
Anonymous $200
Generous next
Charitable $300
Money next
Currency $400
Lacking the necessities of life next
Destitute $500
He turns with the key toward the door, and Marley’s face swims out of the darkness. Scrooge watches, unable to speak. next
Spooky, creepy, scary, etc. $100
And Robinson Crusoe sailed around the island, and he thought he had escaped the island… and Robinson Crusoe looked up in a tree and saw the parrot and know he hadn’t escaped… next
Sad, lonely, heart-wrenching, isolated, etc. $200
It’s Christmas Day. I haven’t missed it It’s Christmas Day! I haven’t missed it! The spirits have done it all in one night. They can do anything they like. Of course they can. Of course they can save Tim. next
Relief, happiness, hopeful, etc. $300
The music continues. Chandeliers are pulled into position, and mistletoe, holly, and ivy are draped over everything by bustling servants… In the midst of the dancing and the gaiety servants pass back and forth through the crowd with huge platters of food. next
Exciting, happy, joyful, etc. $400
I have known him to walk with Tiny Tim upon his shoulder very fast indeed. But he was very light to carry and his father loved him, so that it was no trouble. next
Sad, heartbroken, trying to maintain happiness in spite of the loss of a child, etc. $500
The play begins amid a swirl of street life in Victorian London The play begins amid a swirl of street life in Victorian London. Happy groups pass; brightly costumed carolers and families call out to one another and sing “Joy to the World”. next
This establishes the setting as Victorian England at Christmas time This establishes the setting as Victorian England at Christmas time. It also reveals the mood in the streets of London. $100
Cratchit is caught up in a swell of people hurrying through the street Cratchit is caught up in a swell of people hurrying through the street. Children pull him along to the top of an ice slide, and he runs and slides down it. next
This helps establish Cratchit’s character as a loving, family man who enjoys children and the simple pleasures of life. $200
He [Scrooge] turns with the key toward the door, and Marley’s face swims out of the darkness. Scrooge watches, unable to speak. next
This foreshadows the coming of Marley and the other spirits. $300
Scrooge and the spirits start to step off a curb when a funeral procession enters with a child’s coffin, followed by the poorhouse children, who are singing. next
This symbolizes the death of Tiny Tim and possibly Scrooge This symbolizes the death of Tiny Tim and possibly Scrooge. It also establishes the fate of the poor. $400
When the spirit signals to the children, they leave the stage, singing the carol quietly. Tiny Tim remains, covered completely by the dark blanket, disappearing into the black. next
Tiny Tim will die if his current situation does not change. $500
Daily Double next
Final Jeopardy Today’s Category: PIE next
What is the author’s purpose? next
To persuade next
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Drama 2 Plot Spirits Characters Symbolism $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $600 $600 $600 $600 $600 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $1000 $1000 $1000 $1000 $1000 Go to Regular Jeopardy Replay End Round Go to Final Jeopardy
Objects the actors use on stage next
Props $200
Instructions for the director, the actors, and the stage crew next
Stage directions $400 $400
Conversation between characters next
Dialogue $600
A story intended to be performed before an audience next
Drama $800
Antagonist(s); provide a sharp contrast to the qualities of the main character next
Foils $1000
Marley warned Scrooge about this next
Three Spirits would visit $200
The Spirit of Christmas Past showed Scrooge these three things next
Scrooge as a child at boarding school, Fezziwig’s party, and Scrooge’s lost love $400
The Spirit of Christmas Present showed Scrooge these two things next
The Cratchit’s situation including Tiny Tim’s illness and how other see Scrooge $600
The Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come showed Scrooge these two things next
Tiny Tim’s death and Scrooge’s death (including that no one mourns him) $800
This scene from the play is a flashback next
Scene three, The Spirit of Christmas Past $1000
The Spirit of Christmas Past looks like this in the play next
The little girl’s doll $200
The Spirit of Christmas Past symbolizes this next
Memory $400
The Spirit of Christmas Present looks like this in the play next
Fezziwig $600
The Spirit of Christmas Present symbolizes this next
Generosity $800
Marley warns Scrooge this Scrooge’s chain compared to Marley’s is this next
Seven years heavier $1000
The protagonist of A Christmas Carol next
Ebenezer Scrooge $200
Fred is one of Scrooge’s foils because of this next
Fred chose love over money when Scrooge chose money $400
This is Mrs. Cratchit’s opinion of Scrooge next
Mrs. Cratchit thinks Scrooge is odious, hard, and unfeeling $600
Scrooge remembers this about his childhood next
It was sad and lonely. He was left at boarding school with only his books for company. $800
Who is Fan? next
Scrooge’s sister and Fred’s mother $1000
The little girl symbolizes this next
Hope $200
The leper represents this next
Disease, illness, Scrooge’s separation from society $400
The Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come represents this next
Death $600
Marley’s chain represents this next
Greed and wealth $800
The little girl dressed as Mary represents this next
Scrooge’s change of heart $1000
Daily Double next
Today’s Category: And the moral of the story is… Final Jeopardy Today’s Category: And the moral of the story is…
What is a possible theme of A Christmas Carol? next
Real joy comes from doing good to others Real joy comes from doing good to others. People are more important than money. etc. (Minus ½ if it’s an incomplete sentence or if it starts with “The theme is…”) next
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