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Second Read
• Reread the passage to answer these text-dependent questions.
• Write any additional questions you have about the text in your Reader/Writer Notebook.
1. Craft and Structure: Who are the people represented by the pronouns “they” and “we” in paragraph 2? What is the intended effect?
2. Craft and Structure: What is the intended effect of the following line from paragraph 7: “Infants were tossed in the air and used as targets for the machine guns”?
3. Key Ideas and Details: Why did the Jews of Sighet refuse “to believe his tales, and refused to listen”?
4. Key Ideas and Details: What are the two main events of this narrative? What is Wiesel’s purpose in focusing on these two events?
Setting a Purpose for Reading
• As you read the poem, underline words and phrases that identify what the author is not.
• Circle unknown words and phrases. Try to determine the meaning of the words by using context clues, word parts, or a dictionary.
My Notes
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