The assignment for this lesson is to answer a series of questions about Elie Wiesel's "The Perils of Indifference." Your answers should reference the speech directly to describe how its language and structure contribute to its tone, its overall meaning, and the author's purpose.

You should have created a draft of this assignment in the writing activity called "Prepare Short Responses." If you didn't complete that activity, you should go back and do so now. If you have already completed the draft, continue to the next page to start revising.

This writing assignment focuses on the following skills:

Examining how an author orders, introduces, and connects ideas
Determining the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text
Analyzing an author's use of figurative language for a rhetorical purpose