Night By Elie Wiesel Similes Or Metaphors
Identify the following passages as similes or metaphors.
- 1.“Here came the Rabbi…His mere presence among the deportees added a touch of unreality to the scene. It was like page torn from some storybook, from some historical novel about the captivity of Babylon or the Spanish Inquisition (Wiesel 14).”
- A.
Simile
- B.
Metaphor
- 2.In the above quote from page 14, what is the first thing being compared?
- A.
The deportees
- B.
The Rabbi’s presence
- C.
The captivity of Babylon
- D.
The Spanish Inquisition
- 3.In the above quote from page 14, what is the second thing being compared?
- A.
The deportees
- B.
The Rabbi’s presence
- C.
Page torn from a scrapbook
- D.
Touch of reality
- 4.“The barracks we had been made to go into was very long. In the roof were some blue-tinged skylights. The antechamber of Hell must look like this (Wiesel 32).”
- A.
Simile
- B.
Metaphor
- 5.In the above quote from page 32, what is the first thing being compared?
- A.
The barracks
- B.
The antechamber of Hell
- C.
The roof
- D.
Blue-tinged skylights
- 6.In the above quote from page 32, what is the second thing being compared?
- A.
The barracks
- B.
The antechamber of Hell
- C.
The roof
- D.
blue-tinged skylights
- 7.“We were already accustomed to rumors of this kind [that told the front was drawing nearer to the camp]. It was not the first time a false prophet had foretold to us peace-on-earth…And we often believed them. It was an injection of morphine (Wiesel 76).”
- A.
simile
- B.
Metaphor
- 8.In the above quote from page 76, what is the first thing being compared?
- A.
Peace-on-earth
- B.
Belief in stories
- C.
rumors
- D.
Injection of morphine
- 9.In the above quote from page 76, what is the second thing being compared?
- A.
peace-on-earth
- B.
Belief in stories
- C.
rumors
- D.
Injection of morphine
- 10.“Suddenly his eyes would become blank, nothing but two open wounds, two pits of terror (Wiesel 72).”
- A.
simile
- B.
metaphor
- 11.In the above quote from page 72, what is the first thing being compared?
- A.
Eyes
- B.
The man
- C.
Blank page
- D.
Two open wounds
- 12.
- In the above quote from page 72, what is the second thing being compared?
- A.
Eyes
- B.
The man
- C.
Blank page
- D.
Two open wounds
- 13.
- “When at last a gray glimmer of light appeared on the horizon, it revealed a tangle of human shapes, heads sunk upon shoulders, crouched, piled one on top of the other, like a field of dust-covered tombstones in the first light of dawn (Wiesel 93).”
- A.
Simile
- B.
metaphor
- 14.In the above quote from page 93, what is the first thing being compared?
- A.
Gray glimmer of light
- B.
Tangle of human shapes
- C.
Field of dust-covered tombstones
- D.
First light of dawn
- 15.In the above quote from page 93, what is the second thing being compared?
- A.
gray glimmer of light
- B.
Tangle of human shapes
- C.
Field of dust-covered tombstones
- D.
first light of dawn
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