Night Chapter 1, pg 12-17

How does the setting impact the mood of a story or memoir?
How does connotation impact meaning?

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Night, Chapter 1 - p.12-17

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Review from Monday's lesson on the development of key concepts through details and dialogue.

Match the central concept to the detail that

• Darkness

• Silence

• Pain

• Betrayal

• Delusion

"Then came the ghettos..."

"What do you expect? That's war..."

"The joy in his eyes was gone."

"...refused to believe his tales..."

"Hitler will not be able to harm us..."

• "Then came the ghettos..."

• "What do you expect? That's war..."

• "The joy in his eyes was gone."

• "...refused to believe his tales..."

• "Hitler will not be able to harm us..."

Drag and Drop

How does word choice impact meaning?

The ​

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meaning of words is the literal meaning, the surface level. Its the ​

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definition.

The ​

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meaning is the colorful, ​

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meaning of words. This includes imagery and ​

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language, such as similes, metaphors, etc.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

denotative

dictionary

connotative

colorful

figurative

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Matching Game:

Word choice impacts setting because of the effect it creates.

What are the effects we need to know to do this work?

• Suspense

• Foreboding

• Foreshadowing

Excited or anxious uncertainty

Fearful apprehension

Warning or indication of a future event

• Excited or anxious uncertainty

• Fearful apprehension

• Warning or indication of a future event

​How does the word "seemingly" impact the meaning of this passage?
How does that affect our interpretation of the description of the setting?

Open Ended

"Despite the growing darkness, I could see my father turn pale."

How does the word choice in this example of imagery - which describes the atmosphere and his father's reaction?

​As you are reading, PAUSE to discuss and fill out your evidence card. Be sure to fill in the highlighted components, cite evidence, summarize what is happening, and then lastly explain the effect (suspense, foreshadowing, or foreboding).

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Finish reading to page 17.