Literary DevicesLiterary DevicesPoint of ViewSymbolismSimileMetaphor

Night, pages 3-22

ObjectivesObjectivesContent Objective: Students will be

able to◦Identify the literary devices used in

Chapter 1, pp. 3-22Language Objective: Students will be

able to◦Read text to find similes and metaphors◦Read sentences and tell the difference

between similes and metaphors◦Write similes and metaphors◦Listen to text and identify device heard

Point of ViewPoint of ViewPoint of view in literature refers to the

person telling the story. There are three possible points of view in a novel◦First-person narrator is a character

telling the story as he or she experienced it.

◦Third-person limited narrator knows what one character is doing and thinking.

◦Third-person omniscient narrator knows what all the characters are doing and thinking

Which point of view has Which point of view has Wiesel chosen for Wiesel chosen for NightNight??First-person narrator?Third-person limited narrator?Third-person omniscient

narrator?

What about another story you recently read?

SymbolismSymbolismA symbol is an object, an event,

or a character that represents an idea or a set of ideas.

SymbolismSymbolismA symbol is an object, an event, or a

character that represents an idea or a set of ideas.◦What did the altar symbolize?

(p.22) The synagogue resembled a large railroad station…The altar was

shattered, the wall coverings shredded, the walls

themselves bare.”

Similes Similes

I feel like a million bucks.

She’s as thick as a log.

My husband is as sweet as honey.

My love is like a red, red rose.

A simile is a figure of speech which compares two different objects using the words “like” or “as”

SimileSimileA simile is a figure of speech which

compares two different objects using the words “like” or “as”

p.16 …weariness had settled into our veins like molten lead.

What is being compared?

Why use similes?Why use similes?How is the simile “By eight

o’clock, weariness had settled into our veins like molten lead” more effective than saying “By eight o’clock we were very tired”?

MetaphorsMetaphors

It’s raining cats and dogs.

The hammer pounded nails into my head.

A soft, white blanket covered the land.

A metaphor is a figure of speech that uses words to mean something else to make a comparison.

MetaphorMetaphorA metaphor is a figure of speech that

compares two different objects.p.21 The stars were…sparks of the

immense conflagration that was consuming us.

What does the conflagration represent?

Find the Simile or Find the Simile or MetaphorMetaphorp. 3 SimileP. 5 MetaphorP. 7 SimileP. 11 SimileP. 14 MetaphorP. 17 SimileP. 17 MetaphorP. 19 Metaphor