| A | B |
| "Never shall I forget" is stated several times within a passage | repetition/parallel structure |
| Elie questions his faith | internal conflict |
| “Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever” | personification |
| “We were all going to die here. All limits had been passed. No one had any strength left…‘Why don’t they shoot us all right away?’” | Hopelessness/Loss of Faith |
| “Shouts rose outside in the yard, where darkness had fallen” | Night |
| "A Jew no longer had the right to keep in his house gold.” | Power |
| “’Faster! Faster! Get on with you, lazy swine!’” | Dehuminization |
| "It was simply a matter of helping oneself. An open tomb" | metaphor |
| "Monday passed like a small summer cloud" | simile |