What is atmosphere in literature?
What are the best questions to ask to determine the author’s viewpoint? Select three options.What is the author’s tone?What atmosphere does the author create?What time period does the author write about?What events does the author include in the text?What is the author’s purpose for writing the text?
Read the excerpt from chapter 7 of Night.In the wagon where the bread had landed, a battle had ensued. Men were hurling themselves against each other, trampling, tearing at and mauling each other. Beasts of prey unleashed, animal hate in their eyes. An extraordinary vitality possessed them, sharpening their teeth and nails.
Which statements best reflect the difference between a memoir and an autobiography? Select two options.A memoir focuses on a specific period in the author’s life, while an autobiography covers the entire life.A memoir is written by a subject expert, while an autobiography can be written by anyone.A memoir offers an objective account of events, while an autobiography offers feelings and opinions.A memoir covers the author’s entire life, while an autobiography covers the most important facts.A memoir uses multiple structures, while an autobiography uses a chronological structure.
Read the excerpt from chapter 2 of Night.Lying down was not an option, nor could we all sit down. We decided to take turns sitting. There was little air. The lucky ones found themselves near a window; they could watch the blooming countryside flit by.After two days of travel, thirst became intolerable, as did the heat.
In this passage, the author's viewpoint is that the situation causes people to act in ways that are unfeeling and disrespectful toward those who have died. What evidence supports this viewpoint? Select two options.
How do the underlined words and phrases affect the tone of the excerpt? Select two options.
Read the excerpt from chapter 7 of Night.Meir Katz remained on the train. The last day had been the most lethal. We had been a hundred or so in this wagon. Twelve of us left it. Among them, my father and myself.
How is the connotative meaning of a word different from the denotative meaning of a word?
Read the excerpt from chapter 7 of Night.My father had huddled near me, draped in his blanket, shoulders laden with snow. And what if he were dead, as well? I called out to him. No response. I would have screamed if I could have. He was not moving.Suddenly, the evidence overwhelmed me: there was no longer any reason to live, any reason to fight.
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