Night Figurative Language

“My father’s voice tore me from my daydreams…” (Wiesel 32).

• personification

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

“Physically, he was as awkward as a clown. His waiflike shyness made people smile” (Wiesel 3).

• metaphor

• simile

• irony

• personification

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

“The shadows around me roused themselves as if from a deep sleep and left silently in every direction” (Wiesel 14).

• irony

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

“Open rooms everywhere. Gaping doors and windows looked into the void. It all belonged to everyone since it no longer belonged to anyone. It was there for the taking. An open tomb. A summer sun” (Wiesel 17).

• simile

• metaphor

• irony

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“Monday went by like a small summer cloud, like a dream in the first hours of dawn” (Wiesel 18).

• metaphor

• simile

• irony

• personification

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

‘But it was all in vain. Our terror could no longer be contained. Our nerves reached a breaking point. Our very skin was aching. It was as though madness had infected us all” (Wiesel 26).

• personification

• simile

• irony

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

“At every step, white signs with black skull looked down on us. The inscription: WARNING! DANGER OF DEATH. What irony. Was there here a single place where one was not in danger of death?” (Wiesel 40).

• personification

• irony

• metaphor

• simile

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

“...he was judged too humane. The new one was ferocious and his aides were veritable monsters" (Wiesel 44).

• personification

• metaphor

• allusion

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The good days were over" (Wiesel 39).

• personification

• irony

• metaphor

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“‘Burna is a very good camp. One can hold one’s own here. The most important thing is not to be assigned to the construction Kommando...”’ (Wiesel 48).

• irony

• personification

• metaphor

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3