Facts & Figures
the number of Jewish people murdered in the Holocaust?
What is 6 million?
systemic, state-sponsored persecution of Jews and others during WW 2
What is the Holocaust?
Creating a mental picture in the reader's head by using descriptions that appeal to the senses
What is imagery?
Chancellor and later dictator of Germany during WW 2 and the Holocaust
Who was Adolf Hitler?
appeals to credibility; trustworthiness
What is ethos?
the approximate total number of people murdered during the Holocaust
What is 12 million?
to strip away a person's basic human dignity
What is dehumanization?
Questions that are used to make an audience think critically, but that aren't meant to be answered
What are rhetorical questions?
Wrote a diary about her experiences in hiding during The Holocaust
Who was Anne Frank?
appeals to logical thinking; facts and figures
What is logos?
the year the Nazis invaded Poland, starting World War 2
What is 1939?
to free something or someone
What is liberation?
The author's central idea or reason for writing "After Auschwitz"
What is to prevent future acts of hatred / to honor the memory of the dead
Who is Elie Wiesel?
What is pathos?
the year the war ended, and the same year that Auschwitz was liberated
What is 1945?
hatred and prejudice against Jewish people in particular
What is anti-semitism?
The kiddish, or Jewish prayer of mourning, is used for effect in "After Auschwitz" as an example of this technique
What is repetition?
The country where the largest number of extermination or death camps, including Auschwitz, were located
What is Poland?
Wiesel establishes this by pointing out that he was an eyewitness to the atrocities of the Holocaust
What is ethos?
What is 1933?
subjecting a group of people to mistreatment and harm based on their religion, race, or beliefs
What is persecution?
"Never shall I forget that smoke... never shall I forget those flames..." is an example of this technique in Night, in which the same sentence structure is repeated for effect?
What is parallel structure?
The specific name for the killing center side of Auschwitz
What is Birkenau?
Wiesel establishes this by using imagery and figurative language when describing the smoke, ashes, and "eternal night"
What is pathos?