Elie Wiesel's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

“...do I have the right to represent the multitudes who have perished?”

What is Wiesel appealing to in this quote?

• Logical Reasoning

• Emotions

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"A young Jewish boy discovered the Kingdom of Night."

What is Wiesel appealing to using in this quote?

• Logical Reasoning

• Emotions

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

• “No one may speak for the dead, no one may interpret their mutilated dreams and visions.”

What is Wiesel appealing to using in this quote?

 

• Logical Reasoning

• Emotions

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."

What is Wiesel appealing to using this quote?

• Logical Reasoning

• Emotions

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

...while their freedom depends on ours, the quality of our freedom depends on theirs."

What is Wiesel appealing to in this quote?

• Logical Reasoning

• Emotions

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"...what have you done with my future?"

What is Wiesel appealing to in this quote?

• Logical Reasoning

• Emotions

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"It is with a profound sense of humility that I accept the honor - the highest there is - that you have chosen to bestow upon me."

What can you infer is the meaning of the word "bestow" in the quote above?

• scold; punish; belittle

• take; deny; steal

• give; grant; award

• hear; listen; tell

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed."

What is Wiesel appealing to by using this quote?

• Logical Reasoning

• Emotions

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5