Explain to me what a possitive connotation is and what a negative connotation is. Then we can progress from there
I will only do first two
I moved like a sleepwalker- Simile (uses like or as)
The road was endless- hyperbole (exaggeration)
Read the following excerpt from the novel Night.
By now, I moved like a sleepwalker. I sometimes closed my eyes and it was like running while asleep. Now and then, someone kicked me violently from behind and I would wake up . The man in back of me was screaming, "Run faster. If you don't want to move, let us pass you." But all I had to do was close my eyes to see a whole world pass before me, to dream of another life.
The road was endless. To allow oneself to be carried by the mob, to be swept away by blind fate. When the SS were tired, they were replaced. But no one replaced us. Chilled to the bone, our throats parched, famished, out of breath, we pressed on. We were the masters of nature, the masters of the world. We had transcended everything—death , fatigue, our natural needs .
We were stronger than cold and hunger, stronger than the guns and the desire to die, doomed and rootless, nothing but numbers, we were the only men on earth.
At last, the morning star appeared in the gray sky. A hesitant light began to hover on the horizon. We were exhausted, we had lost all strength, all illusion.
The Kommandant announced that we had already covered twenty kilometers since we left. Long since, we had exceeded the limits of fatigue. Our legs moved mechanically, in spite of us, without us.
1) As you read the text, identify any words/phrases that carry strong connotations (positive or negative. Explain how these words/phrases develop the tone and the mood.
2) As you read the text, identify any figurative language and/or imagery. Explain how these words/phrases develop the tone and mood of the text.
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