NIGHT PPT Questions QUESTION 1 P 307 Authors

NIGHT PPT Questions

QUESTION 1 – P 307 Author’s Purpose: Reread the first two paragraphs. What do these paragraphs reveal about the author’s purpose? HINT: What does he want to inform us about?

QUESTION 2 – P 307 • Reread the first sentence of the memoir. How are these words ironic? • HINT: What is the “beautiful present” that he’s talking about?

QUESTION 3 • Read pg. 308, what did you learn about the Blockalteste from the author’s description? Cite text evidence. • HINT: What does he know and what does he say?

QUESTION 4 – P 309 • Rhetorical Device- Allusion An allusion is a reference to a famous person, landmark, place or event outside of the story. What allusion is being used in the text? Why is this allusion appropriate for the circumstance? Cite text evidence.

QUESTION 5 – P 309 • Connotations are words that authors use to help convey tone within a story. These words can have a positive or negative effect. Read lines 67 -73. Find a word with a negative connotation. What tone is created by the use of this word or phrase? HINT: What do the prisoners know about Dr. Mengele?

QUESTION 6 – P 310 • Reread lines 89 -94. How does Wiesel describe Yossi and himself? How does he describe those who have been selected? Why might Wiesel have chosen to depict this contrast? • HINT: Look at the word choice.

QUESTION 7 – P 311 • How does the author create a complex picture of the Blockalteste? What impact does Wiesel’s word choice have? • HINT: Think about what the Blockalteste says, how he says it, and what he does.