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Evidence and Inference - Topic 1
The Evidence and Inference topics and their pre-writing questions are listed below. Use this worksheet to
write your answers. Include exact words from the book to support your answers along with the page
number where the text can be found.
Evidence and Inference Topic 1
As Eliezer bears the horrors of the Holocaust, he encounters others along the way. Some of these
characters are positive influences on Eliezer while others are negative. Write a multi-paragraph essay
that argues that many of the characters whom Eliezer interacts with in the concentration camps
strengthen his desire to live. You must write a thesis statement that expresses this opinion, a body of two
or three paragraphs to support your statement, and a concluding paragraph that sums up this point of
view.
His Father>>
1. How does Eliezer's father strengthen Eliezer's desire to live in the beginning?
2. How does Eliezer's father again strengthen Eliezer's desire to live later?
Tibi and Yosi>>
3. What Jewish hope do both Tibi and Yosi believe in?
4. How does this belief strengthen Eliezer's desire to live?
Juliek>>
5. When Eliezer meets Juliek, how does Juliek reassure him?
6. Later, what does Juliek's violin playing mean to Eliezer?
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Evidence and Inference Topic 1 - Essay Plan Worksheet
Each of the points in your plan will be the main idea of a body paragraph in your essay. For an essay with 2 body paragraphs
use 2 points in your plan. The boxes below contain the sample thesis statement divided into the Opinion and the Plan.
Write your own thesis statement below the sample Opinion and Plan.
Then use the boxes below each point of your plan to write at least 2 supporting points for each body paragraph. Use
words or phrases or page numbers.
Thesis Statement: OPINION
Many of the characters with whom Eliezer interacts in the concentration camps strengthen his desire to live.
These include
Thesis Statement: PLAN
Point 1
His Father>>
Point 2
Tibi and Yosi>>
Point 3
Juliek>>
his father
as well as Tibi and Yosi
and Juliek
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Evidence and Inference - Topic 2
The Evidence and Inference topics and their pre-writing questions are listed below. Use this worksheet to
write your answers. Include exact words from the book to support your answers along with the page
number where the text can be found.
Evidence and Inference Topic 2
At the beginning of "Night," a semi-autobiographical retelling of Elie Wiesel's early life, Eliezer is a boy of
14 who has known only the little Transylvanian town of his birth. However, Eliezer will soon experience
the horrors of the Holocaust in Nazi concentration camps. Here, even though he is interned for no more
than a year, Eliezer changes significantly. Write a multi-paragraph essay that argues that Eliezer loses his
innocence as revealed in his dehumanization, his deception of others, and his loss of faith. You must
write a thesis statement that expresses this opinion, a body of two or three paragraphs to support your
statement, and a concluding paragraph that sums up this point of view.
Dehumanization>>
1. What do the Nazis do to Eliezer that dehumanizes him?
2. What does Eliezer witness in the concentration camps that dehumanizes him?
Deception>>
3. How does Eliezer deceive the SS officer in the first selection?
4. How does Eliezer deceive Mr. Stein about his family?
Loss of faith>>
5. Describe one instance that causes Eliezer to lose his faith.
6. What shows that Eliezer still has some belief in God by the end of the story?
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Evidence and Inference Topic 2 - Essay Plan Worksheet
Each of the points in your plan will be the main idea of a body paragraph in your essay. For an essay with 2 body paragraphs
use 2 points in your plan. The boxes below contain the sample thesis statement divided into the Opinion and the Plan.
Write your own thesis statement below the sample Opinion and Plan.
Then use the boxes below each point of your plan to write at least 2 supporting points for each body paragraph. Use
words or phrases or page numbers.
Thesis Statement: OPINION
In the course of the novel, Eliezer loses his innocence
Thesis Statement: PLAN
Point 1
Dehumanization>>
Point 2
Deception>>
Point 3
Loss of faith>>
as revealed in his
dehumanization
his deception of others
and his loss of faith
Supporting point
Supporting point
Supporting point
Supporting point
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Supporting point
Supporting point
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