I remember: it happened yesterday or eternities ago. A young Jewish boy discovered the kingdom of night. I remember his bewilderment, I remember his anguish. It all happened so fast.Why does Wiesel speak about himself in the third person?A.It makes the speech less important.B.It shifts the focus to his difficult childhood.C.It makes him seem funnier.D.It shifts the focus to the audience.

I remember: it happened yesterday or eternities ago. A young Jewish boy discovered the kingdom of night. I remember his bewilderment, I remember his anguish. It all happened so fast.How does he present his ideas in these sentences?A.He boldly states his argument.B.He asks a rhetorical question.C.He refers to himself in the third person.D.He appeals to the audience's sense of humor.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

How does Wiesel begin his speech?A.By thanking the soldiers that freed him from the campsB.By recounting an experience he went through as a childC.By offering an explanation for the HolocaustD.By explaining the rage he feels about what happened to himSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

I remember: it happened yesterday, or eternities ago. A young Jewish boy discovered the Kingdom of Night. I remember his bewilderment, I remember his anguish. It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed.I remember he asked his father: "Can this be true? This is the twentieth century, not the Middle Ages. Who would allow such crimes to be committed? How could the world remain silent?" And now the boy is turning to me. "Tell me," he asks, "what have you done with my future, what have you done with your life?"Elie Wiesel, Nobel Prize acceptance speech, 1986Why does Wiesel talk about himself in the third person?A.To give the audience facts and evidence that support his argumentB.To focus the audience on the terrible experiences he had as a childC.To ask the audience members to consider what they would do in his situationD.To answer a question that many people have asked him aboutSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read this passage:This is what I say to the young Jewish boy wondering what I have done with his years. It is in his name that I speak to you and that I express to you my deepest gratitude. No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night. We know that every moment is a moment of grace, every hour an offering; not to share them would mean to betray them. Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately.Elie Wiesel, Nobel Prize acceptance speech, 1986What rhetorical strategy does Wiesel use in the conclusion of his speech to appeal to the emotions of the audience and leave the audience with a memorable image?A.He asks that the audience put themselves in his position.B.He allows the audience to ask questions about his experiences.C.He returns to the image of himself as a young boy.D.He provides facts about the number of deaths during the Holocaust.

What evidence from the text best represents the central point of Wiesel's Nobel Prize acceptance speech?A.We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.B.And then I explained to him how naive we were, that the world did know and remain silent.C.And I tell him that I have tried. That I have tried to keep memory alive, that I have tried to fight those who would forget.D.For I belong to a traumatized generation, one that experienced the abandonment and solitude of our people.