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Honors Tenth Grade World Literature and Composition Unit 3 Exam Study Guide
INSTRUCTIONS: In order to help you prepare for your Unit 3 Exam, complete this study guide. Use your notes, classroom assignments, textbook,
copy of Night, etc., to find the information that you need. Be sure to actually STUDY this study guide prior to the exam.
Part One: Holocaust Background Information
15. Describe and explain the purpose of selection:
1. Define the word Holocaust:
2. Define Anti-Semitic:
3. Define Aryan:
16. Describe the living conditions of the concentration camps:
17. Explain the relationship between Elie and his father, including
how it develops over the course of the text:
4. Define and describe the Schutzstaffel (SS):
5. Explain the Enabling Act:
18. Explain how Elie develops over the course of the text, including
his loss of faith and how he “comes-of-age”:
6. Explain the Gestapo:
7. Define and describe Ghettos:
8. Describe Auschwitz:
19. Describe the journey from Auschwitz to Buchenwald:
Part Three: Important Terminology and Application of
Understanding
9. Describe Buchenwald:
20. Define memoir:
Part Two: Plot and Characters of Elie Wiesel’s Night
Explain how Night fits the definition of a memoir:
10. Describe and explain the purpose of the character of Moshe the
Beadle:
11. Describe and explain how the Jews of Sighet lost their rights in
phases:
21. Define bildungsroman:
Explain how Night fits the definition of a bildungsroman:
22. Define perspective:
12. Describe the ghettos of Sighet and their purposes:
13. Describe and explain the purpose of the character of Madame
Schachter:
23. Define simile:
Provide an example of a simile:
24. Define metaphor:
14. Describe what happens when they arrive at Auschwitz:
Provide an example of a metaphor:
25. Define personification:
Provide an example of personification:
26. Define foreshadowing:
Provide an example of foreshadowing:
27. Define direct characterization:
Provide an example of direct characterization:
28. Define indirect characterization:
Provide an example of indirect characterization:
37. Define parallelism:
Provide an example of parallelism:
38. Define symbol:
Explain how “fire” is a symbol in Night:
Explain how “night” is a symbol in Night:
Explain how the “sad-eyed angel” is a symbol in Night:
39. Define motif:
Explain how “bearing witness” is a motif in Night:
29. Define tone:
Explain how “loss of faith” is a motif in Night:
30. Define mood:
Explain how “father son relationships” is a motif in Night:
31. Define allusion:
40. Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction:
Provide an example of an allusion:
32. Define imagery:
Provide an example of imagery:
41. Explain the difference between an autobiography and a memoir:
42. Explain the difference between objective and subjective:
33. Define foil:
43. Define theme:
Explain how different son characters act as foils for Elie in
Night:
34. Define rhetorical question:
Determine at least two possible themes of Night and
explain how each develops over the course of the text:
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35. Define repetition:
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Provide an example of repetition:
36. Define anaphora:
Part Three: The Book Thief
44. Explain how The Book Thief fits the definition of a bildungsroman:
Provide an example of anaphora: