Figurative Language
Mrs. Schater "seeing" flames on the train was an example of what type of figurative language?
foreshadowing
Provide three details that would be included in the exposition of this book.
Sighet, Romania
Jews being deported
Elie wants to learn more about mysticism
Hitler has taken over
Elie's father's name
Shlomo
List two themes found in Night, and explain where we saw those messages.
varied
What does Elie intend on studying, even though his father doesn't think he is old enough?
Kabballah, or Jewish mysticism, or the Talmud, the Torah
We were "withered trees in a desert."
metaphor
Elie's father dying
The young boy who died playing his tiny violin
Juliek
Night is a ________.
This is different from an ______________ because it only provides a small snapshot into one part of someone's life.
memoir, autobiography.
Transylvania
"My throat was dry and the words were choking me."
personification
What was the resolution of the story? Provide two details.
American troops entered the camp with tanks
Resistance fighters attacked the SS officers
Elie was given food
Elise sent two weeks between life and death
Why is Moishe the Beadle deported first?
He is a foreign Jew.
What year did Elie Wiesel win the Nobel Peace Prize?
1986
Who made up the Allied Forces?
United Stated, Great Britain, Soviet Union
The Jews saying Kaddish (a prayer for the dead) while they were still alive.
(Not foreshadowing)
irony (situational)
What three major cities did Elie live in after he was liberated by the Allied Forces?
Paris, Boston, NYC
Who was known as the "angel of death"?
Dr. Mengele
What literary device is the word "Night" used as?
motif
Information that is deliberately altered for the benefit of one specific party and sent out to the public.
propaganda
Elie makes some biblical references to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Making these references to a well known piece such as the Bible, is known as this.
allusion
In what year was our version of Night published, and how many languages is it translated into?
1960, 30
Eva Braun
Wiesel often uses the same words to begin several sentences in a row. What literary device is this called?
parallel structure
What was Elie's inheritance that his father gave to him?
a silver spoon and a knife