Worksheet 3-pages 27 to 43 (section 3)
AIM: How does Elie Wiesel use literary terms such as symbol, metaphor, irony, simile, and imagery, in his book, Night, to show how the Jews of Sighet were being stripped of their humanity and identity and how Elie lost his belief in God.
Write the correct literary term for each quote and write how you know you have the correct literary term.
1.______________________page 27 The cherished objects we has brought with us thus far were left behind in the train, and with them, at last, our illusions.
2. _____________________ page 29 "You must never lose faith, even when the sword hangs over your head. that's the teaching of our sages. . . .".
3. ______________________page 30 Babies! Yes, I saw it with my own eyes. . . . Those children in the flames. ( Is it surprising that I could not sleep after that/ Sleep had fled from my eyes.)
4. ____________________But I told him that I didn't believe that they could burn people in our age, that humanity would never tolerate it. . . . .
5. ________________________page 31 I do not know if it has ever happened before in the long history of the Jews, that people have ever recited the prayer for the dead for themselves.
6. ________________________We marched slowly on, as though following a hears at our own funeral. . . . .There it was now in front of us, the pit and its flames.
7. ________________________page 32 Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night.. . . .Never shall I forget the faces of the little children whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.
8._________________________Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever.
9. ________________________Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust.
Find the quote that you can use to answer the AIM.
10.simile -page 33 and 34
11. metaphor- page 34
12. metaphor- page 35
13. simile-page 36
14. internal conflict-page 37
15. irony - page 37
16. smell - imagery- and irony- page 37
17. irony- page 38
18. irony- page 39
19 plot ( He loses his name.) -page 39
20. irony- page 41
21. irony- page 42
22. irony- page 43