Character Skeleton

CHARACTER
SKELETONS

Study Dickensian Characters through Syntax Skeletons—

the Hypocritical Seth Pecksniff and the Redeemed Ebeneezer Scrooge

“A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature

is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.”

DESCRIPTION:
1.Read a sentence from the passage.

2. Make a syntax skeleton, indicating such things

asshifts, punctuations, subjects, verbs, adjectives.

3. Write an explanation about your skeleton

My favorite part of this sentence is ……

 It helped me see Scrooge/Pecksniff as  [character trait]

hypocritical

self-righteous

manipulative

misanthropic

cynical

avaricious