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Wiesel's terse style reflects how difficult the topic is to reflect on/talk about. He conveys the solemn tone and long-term effects of certain events with little detail

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Whereas most reports of the Holocaust are simply statistics and not easily connected with, Wiesel created a piece that allows readers to interact with the emotion that stemmed from the event. Just as the article stated how we *cannot* forget the Holocaust and its effect, Wiesel leaves no room for interpretation while describing his experiences. The style of writing is also impacted by the silence the severe trauma placed in him. He speaks lengthily about people and religion, but speaks simply about the dehumanization of his situation.

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Wiesel’s profound writing style reflects his experience in the Holocaust by displaying significant factors of the tragic event in first person point of view.  The shortness and literalness of his writing reflects his experiences by realistically portraying the numerous changes and events he endured.

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Impactful

Terse

Mature

Descriptive

Profound

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Wiesel's writing style leaves nothing up to interpretation, and is very fast-paced and blunt. We can assume this reflects how Wiesel's life felt simultaneously stilted and fast-moving.

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He uses a lot of simple and complex sentences, getting to the point and describing exactly what’s happening.  He uses a lot of repetition in his sentences in order to emphasize certain ideas.

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He uses a lot of words that show different motifs such as the silence motif.  An example of this is when he says, “Crammed into cattle cars by the Hungarian police, they cried silently.” (pg. 6)  This word choice does a good job expressing the helplessness felt by people throughout the book.

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Wiesel's gripping writing style communicates the horrifying events of the Holocaust while reflecting his increasingly emotionless state. He conveys a state of disconnectedness through his descriptions of loss of faith and the sense of being lost in time.

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Wiesel terse and blunt writing style does not offer false hope or leave much room for interpretation. The short sentences reflects brief moments in his memory of his experience.

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Suspenseful
Terse
Direct
Erie
Haunting
Emotional
Sympathetic
Candid
Intimate
Simple
Easily consumed
Leaves room for reader to read between lines

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Terse
Blunt
Piercing
Disconnected from himself
Disillusioned
Fractured
Stream of consciousness

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-heavy
-intentional
-elegant
-profound
-compelling
-horrific

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Wiesel uses short sentences to deliver a huge impact of emotion.

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Wisel's diction is very complex and he is very thoughtful when selecting specific words to describe an event/thing.

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- Direct
- Blunt
- Foreshadowing
- Personal
- Precise

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Wiesel's diction helps exemplify his terse writing style by making everything he says to the point and immediately addressing what happens.

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A lot of times, Wiesel's sentences seem to end abruptly, because his sentences are shorter. But it allows you to talk more pauses as you read and digest what he is saying.

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- Shocking
- Harrowing
- Poetic
- Expressive
- Gripping
- Powerful
- Elegiac

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Wiesel's syntax is poetic, simple, effective, and clean. You never have to guess his meaning. He definitely doesn't meander.

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-haunting
-straight-forward, yet thought-provoking
-thorough
-introspective
-hopeful, to a point

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He creates a syntax that leaves room for suspense. He also tends to structure his sentences around the word "shall" a lot. He writes very to the point most of the time, but when he doesn't, it's with purpose

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Wiesel's terse writing style allows the reader to gain a first-hand account of the Holocaust without giving them room for further interpretation. His intense tone adds to the solemnity of this time period.

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Wiesel places the action before the subject often which propels the narrative forward while simultaneously using passive voice to create an air of inevitability.

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Wiesel writes mostly in simple sentences to efficiently convey his story without room for interpretation.

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Sometimes his diction is very simple. Other times it is complex, it depends on the situation and what he is talking about.

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Thorough, yet terse, getting important details across to the reader efficiently.

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- Heavy
- Straightforward
- Intense
- Direct
- Haunting
- Reflective
- Repetitive

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Wiesel's writing style about his trauma is succinct, but he writes about his relationships with detail. This reflects his dissacociated, matter-of-fact memories of the Holocaust, in contrast with his strong memories of the people he met.

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In the original copy of the book, Wiesel's writes in French, therefore different translations of the book have different diction and different meanings.

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terse, numb, unemotional, straightforward, introspective, detached, foreshadows a lot, contrasting, and poetic

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The language used isn't too complex. Wiesel doesn't feel the need to overcomplicate the vocabulary and uses the words he needs to in order to give the intended meaning.

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Wiesel uses a lot of strong, impactful language in his writing, setting up a solemn tone for the reader to follow.

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The connotation of the words he uses reflect the mood/tone of Holocaust and all the things happening to him at the time.

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He employs the use of very precise words and rhetoric, but the words are still ones that the average reader could understand. ie. not academic words, but very descriptive ones. -Alyx's group

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He employs the use of very precise words and rhetoric, but the words are still ones that the average reader could understand. ie. not academic words, but very descriptive ones. -Alyx's group

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Wiesel's diction creates a dark and melodic tone that reads as almost poetic and communicates a hard- hitting meaning in its delivery of the dark story of the Holocaust.