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PPT Questions

2. 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?

3. Reread the first sentence of the memoir. How are these words ironic?
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?

4. 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?

5. 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.

6. 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 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?

7. Question 6 – p 310
Reread lines 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.

8. 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.