Characters
Vladek Spiegelman's second wife.
Who is Mala?
Where Vladek lives in the present day.
What is Rego Park, New York?
Where the Jews were made to stay prior to being deported in Night. There was a large one and a small one in their town.
What are the Jewish ghettos?
This genre is nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories.
What is memoir?
This writing style avoids first-person language and use of contractions.
What is formal or academic language?
He helped Elie with his "mystical" studies (although his father told him not to bother with them).
Who is Moishe the Beadle?
The name of the town in which Elie and his family lived in Transylvania.
What is Sighet?
What happens to Elie's mother and sister?
They are sent to the gas chambers immediately upon arrival to the concentration camp.
This genre is a full-length story published as a book in comic-strip format.
What is a graphic novel?
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What is BCC (Blind Carbon Copy)?
Vladek and Anja's other child who died before Art was born.
Who is Richieu?
The name of the concentration camp where Elie was taken first.
What is Auschwitz-Birkenau?
Where are Anja and Vladek at the end of Maus?
What is Auschwitz?
A visual symbol or picture that is used to represent something else. These are often used in political cartoons.
What is a visual metaphor?
When writing a body paragraph, what should come immediately after an in-text citation?
What is analysis?
He was known as the "notorious Doctor Death." He conducted the selections and sent prisoners to the left or right.
Who is Dr. Mengele?
The country of the sanitarium where Anja was sent to recover from her depression.
What is Czechoslovakia?
These members of Anja's family were sold out to the Germans by other members of their family and sent to Auschwitz.
A symbolic image or idea that appears frequently in a story.
What is motif?
The circle of individuals and groups toward whom obligations are owed, to whom rules apply, and whose injuries call for amends.
What is universe of obligation?
He whipped Elie 25 times for having caught him with a girl.
Who is Idek the Kapo?
The location of Vladek's textile factory.
What is Bielsko?
This is where Elie and his blockmates were forced to run in a two-night death march.
What is Gleiwitz?
This writer's tool is used to teach readers about a person.
What is characterization?
List the six components of a strong body paragraph in order.
Topic Sentence
Context for your textual evidence
Textual evidence
Page reference
Analysis
Concluding/Transition Sentence