Night IntroductionDevmcifuThis document provides an introduction and overview of Elie Wiesel's memoir Night. It discusses Wiesel's background as a Jewish man from Hungary and outlines the key events he lived through, including the rise of the Nazi party in Germany, the persecution and imprisonment of Jews in ghettos and concentration camps. The document also assigns literature circle roles for students to analyze parts of the text and generate discussion questions.
What is a clause?DevmcifuA clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb. There are two types of clauses: independent clauses, which can stand alone as a complete sentence, and dependent clauses, which cannot stand alone and need to be attached to an independent clause. Dependent clauses require a subordinating conjunction to connect them to an independent clause and form a complete sentence. Examples of subordinating conjunctions include after, although, because, before, if, since, when, and while.