The Perils of Indifference

rhetorical questions

questions with obvious answers that are asked not because answers are expected but to involve the audience emotionally in the speech. "Does it mean that we have learned from the past? Does it mean that society has changed? Has the Human being become less indifferent and more human?"

parallelism

repeated use of the same grammatical structures. "... to fight fascism, to fight dictatorship, to fight Hitler."

repetition

repeating an idea in the same words. Elie repeats specific words such as gratitude, humanity, indifference, and God.

charged language

words used to cause an emotion. He uses words like rage, compassion, eternal infamy, despair, meaningless, and suffering. Words, such as these, cause reactions within the audience.

juxtaposition

the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. " ...light and darkness, dusk and dawn, crime and punishment, cruelty and compassion, good and evil."