Vocabulary Words
Define Harangue
What is to verbally abuse
What is a memoir?
What is "a personal story about an author's personal experience"?
How does Elie manage to save his gold tooth?
What is "pretending to be sick"?
The scent of my grandmother's kitchen; warm bread, citrus soap, and woodsmoke; still clings to my memory like sunlight through a window.
What is vivid imagery?
Define Humane
What is kind and gentle?
What is the word that means to write a name onto a list?
What is to Inscribe?
What is a theme?
Why do Elie and his father choose to be evacuated?
What is "they thought they would get killed if they were sick"?
Everyone has that one moment when childhood slips away quietly, replaced by the uneasy awareness that life doesn't wait for you to understand it.
What is Universal Theme?
What is the word to describe good fellowship?
What is camaraderie?
Define Notorious
What is to be famous for something bad?
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
What is "a simile uses like or as"?
What happens to Juliek the Violinist?
What is "he plays a sad song as he dies"?
When I finally let myself forgive, it wasn't for them; it was for the version of me who deserved peace all along.
What is Universal Theme?
Define lamentation
What is "expression of sadness or grief"?
What does it mean when a person gives a look that shows their real feelings?
What is Countenance?
How does conflict play a role in a memoir?
What is "it shows how the author changed as a result of the conflict"?
What is the role of dehumanization in the concentration camps?
What is "to play a crucial role in stripping away the prisoner's humanity"?
I laughed through my tears that day, realizing that joy and pain are often roommates who refuse to move out of everyone's minds.
What is Relatability?
What is the word for something that is characterized by extreme care or great effort?
What is conscientious?
The stages of grief are supposed to lead the _________ to a new normal.
What is bereaved?
What are the 4 elements of a memoir?
What is vivid imagery, relatability, authenticity/powerful feelings, and universal theme
Why are the words of the Pole in charge of Block 17 in Auschwitz described as “the first human words”?
What is "because they offered hope and comfort"?
I remember the silence after my father's anger, a silence so thick it swalloed every word I wanted to say.
What is Authenticity/Powerful Feelings?
Attendance for class was ____________.
What is compulsory?