Which words in the passage from Elie Wiesel's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech best contribute to his modest tone?It is with a profound sense of humility that I accept the honor you have chosen to bestow upon me. I know: your choice transcends me. This both frightens and pleases me.A.profound, meB.choice, senseC.accept, pleasesD.humility, bestow

What tone do these sentences from Elie Wiesel's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech create?It is with a profound sense of humility that I accept the honor you have chosen to bestow upon me. I know: your choice transcends me. This both frightens and pleases me.A.ModestB.ArrogantC.ConfusingD.Silly

Which excerpt from Elie Wiesel's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech best shows his modest tone?A.I remember: he asked his father: "Can this be true?" This is the twentieth century, not the Middle Ages.B.It is with a profound sense of humility that I accept the honor you have chosen to bestow upon me. I know: your choice transcends me. This both frightens and pleases me.C.No one may speak for the dead, no one may interpret their mutilated dreams and visions.D.And I tell him that I have tried. That I have tried to keep memory alive, that I have tried to fight those who would forget. Because if we forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices

Read this passage:This is what I say to the young Jewish boy wondering what I have done with his years. It is in his name that I speak to you and that I express to you my deepest gratitude. No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night. We know that every moment is a moment of grace, every hour an offering; not to share them would mean to betray them. Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately.Elie Wiesel, Nobel Prize acceptance speech, 1986What rhetorical strategy does Wiesel use in the conclusion of his speech to appeal to the emotions of the audience and leave the audience with a memorable image?A.He asks that the audience put themselves in his position.B.He allows the audience to ask questions about his experiences.C.He returns to the image of himself as a young boy.D.He provides facts about the number of deaths during the Holocaust.

What does Wiesel vow never to do in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech?A.Have faithB.Take sidesC.Be silentD.Cry outSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

What evidence from the text best represents the central point of Wiesel's Nobel Prize acceptance speech?A.We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.B.And I tell him that I have tried. That I have tried to keep memory alive, that I have tried to fight those who would forget.C.For I belong to a traumatized generation, one that experienced the abandonment and solitude of our people.D.And then I explained to him how